Culinary cinema : appetite, narrative, and community in contemporary film /

"This book offers a new approach to the evolving genre of films that center on the acts of eating and cooking, from the classics to later box-office hits. The author explores significant tropes, including the transcultural feast and the obsessive chef, to reveal how these films construct vicari...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Geis, Deborah R., 1960- (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Lanham : Lexington Books, [2025]
Subjects:	Food in motion pictures. Culture in motion pictures. Aliments au cinéma. Culture au cinéma.

Table of Contents:

Introduction : Spec(tac)ular cooking
Big night
Babette's feast
The hundred-foot journey
East Side sushi
Chef
Burnt
Julie & Julia
Tortilla soup
Last holiday
Mid-August lunch
Conclusions : Just desserts.