About the Authors Guy Fieri’s Food is a book was written by Guy Fieri and collaborated with Ann Volkwein. Both are more than qualified to be writing cookbooks or any other culinary writings due to their years in the food industry. Born in Northern California, titled author Guy Fieri is a chef, restaurateur,…
Beauty and the Shy
Summary This review will center around the movie “Heavy”, staring Pruitt Taylor Vince as the main character, Victor Modino and Liv Tyler playing Callie as the deuteragonist. Some of the other notable characters are Shelley winters as Dolly Modino or Victors mom, Deborah Harry as Delores, a waitress that works for the Modinos’, and…
What’s Cookin’ Good Lookin’? How Food and Relationships are Intertwined
What’s Cooking? is a feature length film that debuted in 2000, starring Julianna Margulies (Carla), Kyra Sedgwick (Rachel), Joan Chen (Jenny), Mercedes Ruhl (Elizabeth), Alfre Woodard (Audrey), each in their own respective storylines. The film covers the lives of four different families during Thanksgiving, more specifically, it covers the family drama and relationship problems that…
The Spanglish Dilemma
Film Project: By Nick Katona The film Spanglish begins with Flor Moreno and her daughter Cristina leaving from Mexico and arriving in Los Angeles in an attempt to have a better quality of life. Flor and her sister, Monica, went to John and Deborah Clasky’s residence so Flor could interview for a position at their…
Be Greek or Hit the Streets
Storyline of Film and Setting In the film, “My Big Fat Greek Wedding“ Parenting and Marriage is very very important in the Greek life, but with Toula and her family it’s a little bit of a struggle. Toula is still unmarried at the age of 30 years old. She works at Dancing Zorba’s, at the…
Food and Family
Today’s Special is a movie about the restaurant business, more specifically an Indian restaurant owned by the main character’s Dad. The movie starts out with the main character Samir working in the kitchen of what seems to be a very high-end restaurant. This entire scene was used for two main reasons. Most importantly, it introduced…
Sorry Sir, No Reservations
The Storyline The storyline of this great film, directed by Scott Hicks, describes how a master chef, Kate, goes to live her life like she runs the kitchen at the very upscale 22 Bleecker Restaurant in Manhattan. She does this in a fashion that both captivates an intimidates everyone around her. With immaculate precision, she…
What ate Gilbert Grape
The film, “What’s Eating Gilbert Grape” directed by Lasse Hallström is set in an Iowa town. The plot follows the growth of the main character, Gilbert Grape, and the small town he lives in. After the death of his father, Gilbert stepped up to fill the paternal role in his household. He cares for his…
Nobody here but us servantless American Cooks
Overview Julie and Julia is a film that tells the story of Julia Child, one of the top chefs of the US and who made home dining more accessible, and of a woman, Julie, living in Queens who sets out to cook all of Child’s recipes from her first cookbook. The film explains the life…