A sampler of short food films
Just a soupçon of beautifully animated scenes of eating to start your weekend. I’m not sure when I first saw this clever stop-motion movie, but when it popped up on my […]
Category Archives: Film
Link Buffet: Processing and progressing
Readers and friends! I’ve missed connecting with you on this platform. January has been an incredibly busy month for me, as I wrapped up my responsibilities at the university press […]
The gender of junk food in Disney’s short film “Feast”
This weekend, I went to see Big Hero 6 as a well-deserved break from the looming work deadlines that have been keeping me from my blog. (I do miss it […]
Link Buffet: Making a Scene
Oddly, I have two arty links about lettuce and two for jellybeans this week. Fair and balanced reportage! I just saw this Requiem for a Lettuce at Edible Geography today: a […]
Don’t bother with “Butter”
I have a weakness for whimsical ensemble comedies that follow competitors in an offbeat subculture contest. I loved Best in Show, and though it’s been years since I saw it, I […]
What would James Bond eat?
Eggs, according to Elizabeth Hale, whose article in Winter Gastronomica describes a multitude of egg dishes enjoyed by the agent in Ian Fleming’s series. Apparently Bond eats eggs in every one […]
Sweetrolls and soupe aux choux in Anna Karenina
The new Anna Karenina film is absolutely gorgeous–which anyone can plainly see from the trailer–but it is also quite sharp. I read the novel over the summer and was enthralled, […]
