Every year, The Wife and I watch the Oscars while enjoying a meal inspired by the Best Picture nominees. For example, we had sushi for Lost in Translation, cowboy campfire beans for Brokeback Mountain and Grandma Ethel’s Brisket for A Serious Man – you get the idea. The high point has been the Severed Hands Ice Sculpture in 2011 for 127 Hours and Winter’s Bone (photo above). Here’s our most recent pre-COVID menu, centered on the family’s meal at a beach resort in Roma.
Here is our menu for tomorrow night.
- Gummy worm centerpiece from Dune: The Wife is celebrating the giant sandworms in culinary art.
- Cocktail from Nightmare Alley: We passed on the obvious carny chow to reference Stan’s (Bradley Cooper) nightclub act and how well Lilith (Cate Blanchett) pulls off holding a cocktail glass. There are no geeks at The Movie Gourmet, so no live chickens are involved tonight.
- Tea from Belfast: Tea is sipped throughout.
- Snacks from Don’t Look Up: One of the funniest bits is that Kate (Jennifer Lawrence) can’t stop obsessing about General Themes (Paul Guilfoyle) and his scam with White House snacks.
- Cod and chips from CODA: The family catches cod. and they eat cod. (This also works for Belfast.)
- Korean food from Drive My Car: The theater organizer and his Korean wife host Yusuke (Hidetoshi Nishijima) and Oto (Tôko Miura) with a memorable Korean repast.
- Fried chicken and mashed potatoes from The Power of the Dog: We’re thinking of the meal served by Rose Gordon (Kristin Dunst) at her inn.
- Hamburger and fries from King Richard; Richard takes the family for fastfood burgers in Compton before his intended showdown with a local thug.
- Pernil from West Side Story: The Puerto Rican gangbangers certainly visit their abuelas for this roast pork comfort food.
- Licorice Pizza from Licorice Pizza: Although no one eats this in the movie, it IS the title, for gosh sakes.
Paper flowers would make an elegant centerpiece