Given 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.”
Read MoreYes, Spider-Manwich is the official name of this sandwich, but the full name is “Spider-Manwich, or Peter Parker Picked a Pack of Pickled Peppers.”
Read MoreSince this post is a James Bond double feature, we have two options for martinis, the Dr. Notini and the Shaken Not Stirred.
Read MoreThe “Fast & Furious” franchise is one of my favorite guilty pleasures. To go along with the franchise name, you can make this soy chorizo queso dip very quickly (five minutes or less) and the chorizo gives it a little kick, or a “furious” taste.
Read MoreI love a good coming-of-age movie, and “Reality Bites” hits all the right notes of mid-1990s nostalgia. I chose the 4 different toppings for these mini polenta pizzas to represent the movie’s four main characters.
Read MoreFor the first Veg Out super hero movie pairing, I knew I wanted to pick “Captain America,” my favorite movie from the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Hot dogs seemed like another natural choice. And when my fiancé joked that I should call this pairing America’s Weiner, it stuck.
Read More“Always Be My Maybe” is one of my newer favorites, in large part because one of the main characters is a chef and restaurateur. I made teriyaki chickpea bao based on a scene involving the two main characters and some coveted free buns.
Read More“Hot Fuzz” is part of filmmaker Edgar Wright’s Cornetto trilogy (a.k.a. the Blood & Ice Cream trilogy), so the pairing for this movie came pretty easy.
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