Fried Green Tomatoes – Deep South story of love, betrayal, abuse and murder. Kathy Bates shines and the story will get you craving for food too. Also stars Jessica Tandy and Mary-Louise Parker. Thelma & Louise – This is a classic film where going out in a blaze of glory is better than being repressed. […]
Mind Blowing Film Scores
Psycho – Anything Bernard Herrmann did is magic but he makes this shower scene. American Beauty – Thomas Newman‘s score of this 1999 film makes a plastic bag beautiful. The Painted Veil – This one is rarely on other’s lists but the Alexandre Desplat score is haunting. Vertigo – Another Bernard Herrmann masterwork. Beautiful and […]
Drives in the U.S. West
Highway 101 – US Route 101 hugs the Pacific coastline almost all through Oregon. Incredible views of Heceta Head and lighthouses. Crashing waves and rainbows abound. Glacier National Park – Going-to-the -Sun-Road winds through Glacier National Park and is one beautiful vista after another. Road to Hana – The Hana highway in Maui, Hawaii […]
Five Incredible Hot Sauces
Sriracha – Add this to Mayo for some serious flavor. People are so in love with this stuff they made a documentary on it. Worthy candidate it’s that flavorful. Gochujang – This Korean hot paste is the bomb of flavor. Make sure you get one with real fermented soybeans and no corn syrup. Cholula Chipotle […]
Five Underrated Films
Mrs. Brown – Judi Dench rocks as Queen Victoria later in life. Shutter Island – Martin Scorsese directs and a Max Ritcher piece make this a haunting psychological thriller. The Painted Veil – The soundtrak by Alexandre Desplat made this an epic tale of love, betrayal, remorse and forgiveness. Chronic – Tim Roth stars as […]
Damaging Desire Films
Vertigo – This Hitchcock film stars Jame Stewart as a man who is consumed by unobtainable obsession. History repeats and so do emotional patterns. Lolita – Stanley Kubrick directed a story of a middle aged man’s obsession with a pubescent teen. Based on Nabokov‘s novel. This controversial book is not sugar coated by Kubrick. […]
Great Detective TV Shows
Bron/Broen – This show has been remade multiple times but it is the original in Danish and Swedish which rocks Prime Suspect – Helen Mirren plays a detective in a field fraught with misogyny. The Fall – Jamie Dorman is a serial killer and Gillian Anderson is the DCI after him. This BBC series has […]
Films with Fantastic Food
The Godfather – This 1972 class will have you craving spaghetti and meatballs ala Mafia captain Clemenza. </p> Tortilla Soup – This film has so many recipes and food scenes, you’ll be running to the kitchen or grabbing delivery in no time. Goodfellas – Paulie’s razor blade garlic technique is almost as famous as the […]
Cheap Kitchen Tools
Deiss PRO Zester – Fresh Lemon Zest of the right grind to bring out the flavor is a must for lemon cake. This is the one. Plastic Flexible Cutting Boards – cheap and great, easy clean. Can bend and use to funnel food into the pan Silicon Spatulas – High heat resistant, dishwasher safe. From […]
Yummy Chocolate Sauces
Godiva Chocolate Liquor – This technically isn’t sauce but add this to any chocolate cake or brownie recipe and you will inhale the results. Ghirardelli Black Label – Versatile and thick, this sauce can be used in drinks and deserts. Torani Dark Chocolate – Another sauce commonly used in coffee but oh so much more […]