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    pear.shaped.Sara: This is just classic more »
    xay: The first family dinner in Soul Food and the breakfast that Celie cooks for Shug in The Color Purple. Just thinking about those two scenes is making m... more »
    SoHardtoDefine: the HUGE pancakes in Uncle Buck! more »
    cand86: That massive plate of whole roasted chicken that Leeloo cooks up instantaneously in "The Fifth Element" in the microwave. "Chicken . . . good.", and ... more »
    theotherhepburn: I'm not really a chocolate fan, but the cake that Bruce has to eat in Matilda looked so delicious. more »
    bexwrex: The dinner scene in Clue, and especially the reference to it at the end of the movie: "And monkey brains, while popular in Cantonese cuisine, are not... more »
    exhubris: These are both fairly random choices, but after giving my movie selection a quick glance over I'm going to also name Under The Tuscan Sun and Signs; f... more »
    grayanne80: Call me crazy, but everytime I see the kids in the Harry Potter movies at mealtime, I really wish that I went to Hogwart's. Those magical meals look ... more »
    lola_in_the_dark: All the food in Marie Antioinette! Everything looked so colourful and artfully arranged and just plain delicious. Also the imaginary feast in Hook! more »
    TryScience: I thought of another scene that only involved descriptions of delicate delights, but it still made my mouth water. In Stranger Than Fiction, when Miss... more »
    queenieinmanhattan: The champagne in The Philadelphia Story. Um, does booze count? more »
    Susan B.: Terrible movie, but: the cake scene in "The Truth About Cats and Dogs." (Which, as a bonus, introduced me to Suzanne Vega.) more »
    Hooplehead: Every pie ever made on Pushing Daisies. more »
    AmericanSplendor: The magical breakfast in Little Princess. Papa! PAPA! more »
    Susan B.: Sleeping Beauty, where the two dads are singing and drinking and eating and the minstreal ends up sloshed under the table. I was always fascinated by ... more »
  • #dinneramovie

    The Food Scene Pantheon: Old Favorites

    Julie and Julia called for some seriously good food styling - and it all had to taste as good as it looked. Which, inevitably, got us thinking about our favorite celluloid meals... More »
  • #moviemagic

    Redeemer

    For those cinephiles not enticed by the cupcake-flavored extravaganza that is the Sex and City walking tour, meet its cousin, the "Shawshank Road Trip." [USA Today]
  • #chickflicks

    Shoes, Self-Help & Catfights: What Women Want In Movies

    This was the year, we're told, that Hollywood started making movies for women... as long as they were totally inane. And next year, as Self-Help Cinema launches, they'll be even more vapid!
  • #goldengirls

    R.I.P. Ann Savage

    Ann Savage, an actress who made her mark in more than 30 films of the 1940s and 50s, has died at the age of 87.