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We are excited to announce that the Oscars Ceremony will happen this weekend, on March 27th (Sunday), and we realized that it would be super fun to think about what kinds of foods each film could represent. With this idea in mind, we curated special recipes for staple foods according to the period and place these stories were told! Calling all foodies out there! Please have a seat, and let us take your order!

The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!

BELFAST

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik, and Tamar Thomas, Producers


Inspired by: The location, which is in North Ireland. The film chronicles the life of a working-class Ulster Protestant family from the perspective of their nine-year-old son Buddy during The Troubles in Belfast, Northern Ireland (from Wikipedia).


Food: The Ulster fry


Learn the recipe here: The Ulster fry recipe


The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from BBC

CODA

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers


Inspired by: Location which is on Gloucester, Massachusetts. In Gloucester, Massachusetts, Ruby Rossi is the only hearing member of her family; her parents Frank and Jackie and older brother Leo are all culturally Deaf. She assists with the family fishing business and plans to join it full-time after finishing high school. (from Wikipedia).


Food: Boston Cream Pie


Learn the recipe here: Boston Cream Pie


The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from Preppy Kitchen



DON'T LOOK UP

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers


Inspired by: Washington DC because the plot involves the president of the United States of America. Kate Dibiasky, a Michigan State University astronomy Ph.D. candidate, discovers a previously unknown comet. Her professor, Dr. Randall Mindy, confirms that it will collide with the Earth in about six months and is large enough to cause a planet-wide extinction event. NASA confirms the findings and their Planetary Defense Coordination Office head Dr. Teddy Oglethorpe accompanies Dibiasky and Mindy to present their findings to the White House. They are met with apathy from President Janie Orlean and her son and Chief of Staff Jason. (from Wikipedia).


Food: A classic American Washington DC meal - Half smoke



The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from Adequate Travel

DRIVE MY CAR

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer


Inspired by: Being a Japanese production (inspired by a book by Haruki Murakami) and located in Japan. Actor and theater director Yūsuke Kafuku is married to Oto, a screenwriter. Oto conceives her stories during sex and narrates them to Yūsuke. After watching her husband in a performance of Waiting for Godot, Oto introduces Yūsuke to her frequent collaborator, the young actor Kōji Takatsuki. (from Wikipedia).


Food: Miso


Learn recipe here: Miso Soup


The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from Go With Guide Site

DUNE

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers


Inspired by: What are we eating in the future when many of our resources will end and change? n the far future, Duke Leto of House Atreides, ruler of the ocean planet Caladan, is assigned by the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV to replace House Harkonnen as fief rulers of Arrakis. (from Wikipedia).


Food: Mushroom Salad With Edible Insects


Learn the recipe here: Mushroom Salad With Edible Insects


The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from Delectabilia

KING RICHARD

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers


Inspired by: The beginning of the Williams sisters' athletic life, whose father Richard wants to help become tennis players. Richard Williams lives in Compton, California with his wife Brandy, his three step-daughters, and his two daughters, Venus and Serena. Richard aspires to turn Venus and Serena into professional tennis players; he has prepared a plan for success since before they were born. (from Wikipedia).


Food: Eat like an athlete, Dark Chocolate Power Balls


Learn the Recipe Here: Dark Chocolate Power Balls

The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo by Healthy Busy Bee
LICORICE PIZZA

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers


Inspired by: The main title and the plot! In 1973 San Fernando Valley, 15-year-old actor Gary Valentine prepares for his high school picture day. He notices 25-year-old Alana Kane, a photographer's assistant, and strikes up a flirtatious conversation with her. She rebuffs his advances but meets him for dinner and they begin a friendship (from Wikipedia).


Food: Obviously, pizza.



The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo by Swirling F.

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers


Inspired by: The era and city the plot is happening. In 1939, drifter Stan Carlisle obtains a job at a carnival and watches a geek show, an act in which a deranged man eats a live chicken. He begins working with the clairvoyant act "Madame Zeena" and her alcoholic husband, Pete. (from Wikipedia)


Food: Iconic food from NY in 1940’s - Meatloaf


Learn the recipe here: Granny's Classic Meatloaf


The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from Self Proclaimed Foodie
THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers


Inspired by: The main dish at one of the characters (Rose) restaurant, fried chicken! In 1925 Montana, Phil and George Burbank are wealthy ranch-owning brothers. Whereas Phil loves to stay grubby in his cowboy chaps, George dresses and behaves in a more white-collar manner. Whilst leading a cattle drive, they see in the distance a dead steer; Phil orders his men to keep away as he reckons the animal may have died from anthrax (from Wikipedia). The brothers and their cowboy team stop at an inn owned by attractive widow Rose Gordon.


Food: Rose’s restaurant main dish - Fried Chicken


Learn the recipe here: Crispy Fried Chicken


The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from The Stay At Home Chef
WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Inspired by: The period, the characters who are young. In 1957, the Jets are a gang of white youths that fight the Puerto Rican Sharks for control of San Juan Hill on Manhattan's Upper West Side. Officer Krupke and Lieutenant Schrank break up the brief skirmish, telling the gangs that their conflict is pointless since the neighborhood will be imminently demolished to make way for Lincoln Center. (from Wikipedia).


Food: 1950's favorites for young people - Milkshakes!



The Oscars Nominees Food Menu!
Photo from Food Channel




These times have been so challenging, full of division and sadness, devastation...Really, it hasn't been easy for all of us. And this is why we have to take some time to watch romantic movies again! And this is the reason why (and also because Valentine's Day is here), we chose 5 of our favorite love stories so you can pop that corn and enjoy a little warmth in your heart. Cuddle up, whether it's with your bae or puppy, or cat, or even plant (!) and push play!


5 Most Romantic Movies To Watch

1. The Notebook (2004)

The chemistry between Ryan Gosling and Rachel McAdams on this flick is undeniably one of its best things. And the chemistry was taken out to the real world between the two, who had a relationship for about two years after the movie. They play Noah and Allie's love story so intensely that it just makes us sigh throughout the whole thing. Their love story is the classic equation for us to cry, laugh, burn in desire and cry again. It has tons of adversities, a war in the middle and all things that make us want to fall in love everyday, over and over again.



2.Casablanca (1942)


A classic is always a classic! If you love black and white drama, this is the one to go for! During WW II, a north American exile (Humphrey Bogart), finds refuge in the city of Casablanca and encounters his lost love (Ingrid Bergman) who is now married and needs help to escape the nazis. The classic movie quotes of all times come from many of their dialogues!



3. Carol (2015)

Astonishing Academy Award®-winner Cate Blanchett and Academy Award®-nominee Rooney Mara are two women with completely different backgrounds in the 1950s who fall deeply in love with each other and shake the grim society at that time. What does it take to live a real love story? Find out when you watch this delicate, piece of art film inspired by Patricia Highsmith’s 1952 novel, The Price of Salt and directed by Todd Haynes.



4. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004)


Who hasn't lived a very intense love affair and thought it was best to forget all about it, because of the terrible breakup, because of all that pain that our poor broken hearts felt at the time? Michel Gondry the director known for his awarded music videos, directed this incredible heartbreak story, but with a tenderness to it, played by Jim Carrey as Joel Barrish and Kate Winslet as Clementine Kruczynski, the object of all his love and fond (and not so fond) memories.



5. Southside with You (2016)


Michelle and Barack Obama's romantic start is shown in this heart warming, very romantic date movie. In 1989 Barack Obama is a young law firm associate from Harvard's Law School and finds a job at the young Michelle Robinson's office in which she is his advisor. He falls in love with her and a certain day, she accepts his invitation to go out. The film is around this first date and the rest is History with a capital "H". The kind of cozy, lovable film to watch on a special date night, for sure!



TV series or film marathon on the weekend? So it's time to pop some corn!


But nothing like boring basic popcorn, give your popcorn a twist with 5 recipes specially crafted for your gourmet moment at the kitchen. Here ya go!


Before anything, choose a good popcorn kernel. Here are some of our favorites:


5 Popcorn Recipes Ideas

Garlic-Herb

Ranch

Cheese

Bacon-chive

Cinnamon sugar


Oh, and if you don't have one, get yourself a hot air popcorn maker machine! A better and quicker way to make the best popcorn of your life. Get yours here!



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