When I decided to write about “Fallen Angels,” I knew I wanted to figure out a way to get angel hair pasta into a relevant dish, so Hong Kong noodles were an easy choice.
When I watched the Vietnamese food-themed episode of “Take Out,” I knew I had to pair the show with my favorite Vietnamese dish: a tofu bánh mì.
In honor of Syttende Mai (Norwegian Constitution Day on May 17), I’m pairing one of my favorite modern Scandinavian shows, “Hilda,” with a lunch that involves a Norwegian delicacy: lefse.
While I know the lead character in “Drive My Car” would not approve of car snacks, it occurred to me that the contained nature of the trending snackle boxes might be a good compromise.
When I saw that April is National Soft Pretzel Month, I instantly knew what pairing I had to do to celebrate: “The Office.”
Jack Lemmon’s character famously strains spaghetti using a tennis racket in “The Apartment,” so I knew that’s what I had to make for this pairing.
I knew I wanted to pair some kind of twisted food with “Twister,” so I went with one of my favorites: cinnamon sugar twisted donuts.
I knew I had to do a dessert pairing with “Queen Sugar” given the show’s title and the plot revolving around a family’s sugar cane farm.
I knew as soon as I glimpsed snacking cakes in “Bridgerton,” I had to make that my pairing.
“A Warm December” has a pivotal scene involving ice cream, and I also wanted to have a dessert that called back to the film’s title. So for the pairing, I chose caramel apple pie ice cream!