Food film

Director David Ma channels the aesthetics of some of Hollywood's top directors for a gorgeously cinematic food tutorial series.

One of the best weight loss tips out there is learning to cook wholesome meals at home—and Eat This, Not That! has compiled a list of movies that will coax your inner chef to step up to the stove.

This is a project recipe, to be sure. But the result? An impressive, delectable mountain of perfectly cooked pasta, tender meatballs, egg and salami, swathed in a rich ragu and folded all together in a lissome dough. It is an excavation to eat this, and one to be undertaken slowly, carefully, so as to catch every prism of flavor. The vivid compliments given to this in the film “Big Night” are unrepeatable here, but we are sure you’ll find some choice adjectives of your own. (The New York…

Don’t have any weekend plans? Now you do. Stay inside, blast the AC, make a whole bunch of snacks, and watch these food-centric films, series, and documentaries on Netflix. From a documentary on the man behind General Tso’s chicken to a heart-warmer like Chef, you have plenty of options to choose from. Go ahead and cross these off your summer bucket list. We did a post on what to stream on Netflix last year, and we wanted to explore the newer options that have since been released.

In Los Angeles, Woon serves homestyle Chinese food with an appeal that spans generations and cultures.

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Thomas Keller's Ratatouille recipe: More accurately, this is confit biyaldi. This is the recipe used in the movie "Ratatouille."