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Dinner and a Movie

August Dinner and a Movie Roundup

September 9, 2009

Okay, so it’s two weeks late, but there wasn’t much of a turn out this month and I’ve decided to make this my last Dinner and a Movie. Hopefully my co-host Susan will pick up the torch and run with it because it has a lot of potential. I’ve been working on a more personally [...]

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Dinner and a Movie: Wallstreet

July 25, 2009

Dinner and a Movie, is a monthly food event which I co-host with Susan from Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy. Each month, one of us picks a theme movie for the month. To participate, just watch it, cook something inspired by it and share your creation with the rest of us.
This month, I decided to [...]

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June Dinner and a Movie Roundup

June 23, 2009

To mark the arrival of monsoon season in South Asia, this month’s Dinner and a Movie was Monsoon Wedding. It’s a drama that deals with some disturbing themes and yet still manages to be fun to watch. It’s a great movie with several interwoven plots and some great cinematography, but more importantly it inspired these [...]

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Dinner and a Movie: Monsoon Wedding

May 22, 2009

It’s that time again for the next Dinner and a Movie, and for June I’ve chosen Monsoon Wedding. With monsoon season in full swing in June, it seemed a fitting choice for the month.
I know my last movie was wedding themed, but I’ve had this particular movie in mind since I started this event because [...]

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April Dinner and a Movie Roundup

April 23, 2009

The theme for the April Dinner and a Movie was Wedding Crashers, and I’m glad to report that not a single person submitted a wedding cake. The movie isn’t really about food, and I was so happy to see that people got creative, going in 5 very different directions. It really captures the spirit of [...]

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Dinner and a Movie: Wedding Crashers

April 3, 2009

When Susan from Sticky Gooey Creamy Chewy and I started Dinner and a Movie, we wanted to make it a fun, low-pressure event without much structure. Since the whole point of the event is to be creative and come up with a unique interpretation of the movie through food, I upped the ante this month [...]

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Pasta Fazool

March 28, 2009

“When the moon hits your eye like a big pizza pie… That’s amore“. This 50’s era hit is one of my favourite songs when doing karaoke. I always manage to get a good laugh out of my audience belting out this Italian American classic at the top of my lungs. I’ve always told myself they [...]

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February Dinner and a Movie Roundup

March 1, 2009

A big thanks to everyone who participated in February’s Dinner and a Movie event. The movie this month was Chocolat and all your submissions looked so good they had me drooling while I was putting this roundup together. I love the creativity that everyone put into their entries and I’m looking forward to seeing what [...]

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