One 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 MoreI love gooey butter cake and “Meet Me in St. Louis.” As I’m originally from the St. Louis area, which is known for its gooey butter cake, this pairing came pretty easy.
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 MoreWhen “Ghostbusters: Afterlife” came out last year, I was putting the pieces together of what I wanted Veg Out to be. I made my first recipe video when I made the first attempt at these chia crispy treats.
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 MoreI grew up watching “It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown” every year, so it was one of the first blog posts I listed out for fall when planning Veg Out content. Obviously, I had to pick something with pumpkin, and it’s probably become pretty apparent that I love pie.
Read MoreGiven Matt Damon’s now iconic line in “Good Will Hunting,” I knew I had to make something with apples for the pairing. Taking into account the movie’s dramatic nature, I went with a crumble.
Read MoreBenoit Blanc, one of the characters in “Knives Out,” refers to the death at the center of the film’s story as “a case with a hole in the middle — a donut.” The film takes place in Massachusetts in the fall, and as someone who once lived in western Massachusetts, I know apple cider donuts are a perfect fall comfort food to go with that setting.
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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