Movies

Food isn't featured as often in movies as sex, but screen meals leading up to or following it are often more memorable.  One unforgettable scene centers on Albert Finney and Joyce Redman gluttonously devouring a chicken and soon each other in Tom Jones.  Another is the more decorous Grace Kelly in To Catch a Thief, with white gloves and carrying her chicken n a picnic basket.  "Breast or leg?" she said sweetly.

Movies with food as a theme have been made around the globe: The  Baker's Wife from France, Babett's Feast from Denmark, Tampopo from Japan, Like Water for Chocolate from Mexico, Monsoon Wedding from India, La grande bouffe from France/Italy, Life is Sweet from Great Britain, and Eat Drink Man Woman from Taiwan.  American contributions to the field run the gamut from Diner and Big Night in which there's a lot of action, to My Dinner with Andre and The Big Chill, in which talk at the table is the main thing going on, or nearly.  And who is able to leave The Godfather without the desire to go get some pasta-perhaps because of the length.

Taken from Life Is Meals by James & Kay Salter.

Now a recipe.  This is not a book sold on Amazon, because it doesn't have and ISBN number that is required.  This is one of those books you see with the spiral plastic spine.  Favorite Recipes from the American Rose Society Members of Shreveport, LA probably printed in the 60's .  This will sell for $7.99, but if you are interested in purchasing this, please send me an email and we will see what we can do.

There are hundreds of recipes in here and the closest thing I could find to Cajun or Southern was this:

Chattanooga Cheese Grits

4 cups water

1 tsp salt

1 cup hominy grits

1 stick butter

4 eggs, slightly beaten

1/2 cup grated cheese

Add salt to water, bring to a brisk boil.  Add grits slowly.  Cover and cook slowly for 1 hour or until grits are soft, stirring occasionally.  Remove from heat, stir in butter and milk.  Cool to lukewarm, beat eggs in and our into greased 2 quart casserole.  Bake at 350F for 1 hour or until knife inserted in center comes out clean.  Ten minutes before dish is done, sprinkle cheese on top and bake until golden brown.

Serves 6 or more as a side dish.

And of course, I have another 1400 books available for sale on my Amazon storefront, www.amazon.com/stores/oneofakindcookbooks.

Happy Cooking!