Posts Tagged “food flick”

Tell Fracking: Bake Off!

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Tell Fracking:  Bake Off!

See manure fly while baking…!

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BBQ Week: David Guas

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BBQ Week:  David Guas

See Chef David Guas’ take on barbecue… Enjoy!

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The Trouble with Chicken

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The Trouble with Chicken

Dangerous pathogens in our poultry?

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Tasty: Papadopoulos & Sons

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Tasty:  Papadopoulos & Sons

What is success?

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Menu Degustacio: Tasting Menu

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Menu Degustacio:  Tasting Menu

Are you missing something — some taste, some food memory…? Maybe you’ve been missing a super-foodie movie — a movie in Spanish, English, Catalan, Portuguese, and Japanese — all at once? Director Roger Gual lets you do just that, with a cast including Jan Cornet, Claudia Bassols, Stephen Rea, Fionnula Flanagan, Timothy Gibbs, Marta Torné,…

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Mary Sue Milliken: Lose Weight a la Mexican

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Mary Sue Milliken:  Lose Weight a la Mexican

OraTV‘s America Cooks With Chefs recently interviewed Mary Sue Milliken about how to keep off weight while eating from her Modern Mexican recipes. Enjoy!

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3-D-Printed Edible Growth

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3-D-Printed Edible Growth

The future of food products?

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BBC News Popup: Conflict Kitchen

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BBC News Popup:  Conflict Kitchen

BBC News “PopUp” video journalist Benjamin Zand reports on how the Conflict Kitchen kicked up controversy and brought antagonists to its table to break bread and talk. Enjoy!

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One Meatball

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One Meatball

Based on the song “The Lone Fish Ball” (1855) by George Marshall Lane, the song got a reworking by Tin Pan Alley as “One Meat Ball” (1944), recorded by blues and folk singer Josh White — a little late for the Great Depression itself, but fresh in people’s minds (and stomachs). While Josh White’s recording…

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The Hundred-Foot Journey: Trailer

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The Hundred-Foot Journey:  Trailer

How far are France and India?

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Resistance: War on Bacteria

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Resistance:  War on Bacteria

Not all germs are created equal

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Le Chef

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Le Chef

Comedic capers in the kitchen

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Lunchbox (Dabba)

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Lunchbox (Dabba)

Is the way to a man’s heart through his stomach? Find out how the Indians do it: watch this trailer from The Lunchbox (“Dabba”). (Coming to U.S. theaters as of February 28, 2014.) Enjoy!

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Roux: 33 Meters Under Zero

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Roux:  33 Meters Under Zero

What in the world (or under it) is Chef Michel Roux up to?

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Bento Box: Art for Kids

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Bento Box:  Art for Kids

Is heaven on earth — at least, food heaven? The BBC may have found it — in Japan — and it’s for kids. This is a country where one can run a business called “Bento for Kids. That’s because, as the BBC reports, in Japan “A dry sandwich in tinfoil just won’t do: the packed…

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Mesamerica Batali Bowien

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Mesamerica Batali Bowien

For Mesamerica 2014, see chefs Mario Batali and Danny Bowien battle it out in a war of words… Enjoy! Mesamerica Batali Bowien from Mesamérica on Vimeo.

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America Cooks with Chefs: How the 800 Calorie Challenge Works

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America Cooks with Chefs:  How the 800 Calorie Challenge Works

Hear chefs Tony Mantuano and Mary Sue Milliken talk about how they will approach America Cooks with Chefs: The 800 Calorie Challenge. Listen for a little bravado and bluster as each chef contemplates competitive aspects… (This is a a new joint initiative between the Clinton Foundation and the James Beard Foundation.) Enjoy! Chef’s Challenge from…

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Haute Cuisine

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Haute Cuisine

Du Perigord a le President…

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The Futility of Making Salad – A Bit of Fry and Laurie

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The Futility of Making Salad – A Bit of Fry and Laurie

http://www.bbc.co.uk/comedy/abitoffryandlaurie/index.shtml Some time between the making of Jeeves & Wooster, Peter’s Friends, and House came a refreshing show called A Bit of Fry and Laurie, starring Stephen Fry and Hugh Laurie. In the following scene, Fry attempts to make a salad while discussing his latest theatre outings. Enjoy!

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How To Eat – Do Not Adjust Your Set

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How To Eat – Do Not Adjust Your Set

From late 1967 to mid-1969, Britain’s Do Not Adjust Your Set warmed up England to humor soon to come from Monty Python’s Flying Circus. In this skit, Michael Palin, Terry Jones, and Eric Idle with David Jacob and Denise Coffey offer unsolicited and highly silly advice about “How To Eat.” Enjoy!

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Automat – Dark City (1998)

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Automat – Dark City (1998)

In this our final in a series of Food Flicks that celebrate Horn & Hardart‘s Automat, we see a scene from the dystopian Dark City. In this late 1990s flick, Rufus Sewell is clearly trying to get his wallet back at an Automat. Enjoy — with coffee and a slice of pie. (With thanks to…

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Automat – The Catered Affair (1956)

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Automat – The Catered Affair (1956)

In this our sixth in a series of Food Flicks that celebrate Horn & Hardart‘s Automat, we see a scene from the comedy The Catered Affair. In this mid-1950s flick, Jane (Debbie Reynolds) and Ralph (Rod Taylor) talks wedding talk in an Automat. Enjoy — with coffee and a slice of pie. (With thanks to…

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Automat – Just This Once (1952)

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Automat – Just This Once (1952)

In this our fifth in a series of Food Flicks that celebrate Horn & Hardart‘s Automat, we see a scene from the comedy Just This Once. In this 1952 flick, Lucille Duncan (Janet Leigh) takes playboy Mark MacLene (Peter Lawford) at an Automat. Enjoy — with coffee and a slice of pie. (With thanks to…

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Automat: A Run for Your Money (1949)

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Automat:  A Run for Your Money (1949)

In this our fourth in a series of Food Flicks that celebrate Horn & Hardart‘s Automat, we see a scene from the 1949 Ealing Studios comedy A Run for Your Money. In this post-WWII flick, David ‘Dai Number 9’ Jones (Donald Houston) and Thomas ‘Twm’ Jones (Meredith Edwards) dine at an Automat-like eatery. Enjoy —…

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Automat: Sadie McKee (1934)

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Automat:  Sadie McKee (1934)

In this our first in a series of Food Flicks that celebrate Horn & Hardart‘s Automat, we see a scene from the 1934 comedy Sadie McKee. In this Great Depression-era flick, Sadie (Joan Crawford) is hungrily eyeing an half-eaton piece of pie. Enjoy — with coffee and a slice of pie. (With thanks to Atlantic…

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