I wanted to pair one of my favorite pizza recipes (vegan chicken bacon ranch) with my favorite wedding movie, “The Wedding Singer.”
Read More“Pleasantville” is firmly in the comfort movies category, and grilled cheese is definitely one of the ultimate comfort foods.
Read MoreIt is established early on that one of the lead characters from “In the Mood for Love” makes repeat trips to the local noodle stall to pick up her food because she “doesn’t like to cook.” Our recipe for these forbidden rice noodles with sesame ginger tempeh and broccoli is pretty easy, with just four ingredients.
Read MoreI spent a lot of time perfecting my bread recipe. It reminded me of all those books, TV shows and movies I consumed as a girl that were full of women from days past baking, eating and living their lives. One is “Little Women,” hence my reasoning for this pairing.
Read MoreThe lyric “They don’t turn my tummy the way you do” is part of the chorus to “Nobody Like U” by 4*TOWN, the boy band in the animated film “Turning Red.” These spicy broccoli tofu dumplings turn my tummy in the best way possible.
Read MoreOne scene involving my favorite character in filmmaker Nancy Meyers’ 2007 rom com “The Holiday” features a Hanukkah dinner, so I decided to make latkes for this pairing.
Read MoreIn addition to attending midnight Mass, I grew up with two other Christmas traditions: watching “Christmas Vacation” and a Christmas Eve appetizer spread that almost always included BBQ slow cooker meatballs.
Read MoreOne staple of the American holiday season is the almighty roll. And when I thought about rolls in movies, the first one that came to mind was “The Gold Rush.”
Read More“Bend It Like Beckham” came out in my teenage years, and it’s one of those movies that I watched over and over again. There’s a memorable line in the movie: “Anyone can cook aloo gobi, but who can bend a ball like Beckham?”
Read MoreAs someone who has lived in the Midwest for most of her life and is now a Minnesota resident, it was only a matter of time before I had hotdish on the blog. I also knew it was only a matter of when not if with my movie choice for this pairing, “10 Things I Hate About You.”
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