Best Picture Menus

February 2004

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Movie buff and food historian Francine Segan suggests what to cook for an Oscar night party in her book Movie Menus: Recipes for Perfect Meals with Your Favorite Films (Villard, 2004). Here are her menus to match with this year's Best Picture nominees:

Lord of the Rings (set in a fantasy time similar to the Middle Ages)
Individual Meat Pies
"Golden Apples"
Penne with Saffron Cream Sauce
Neapolitan Eggplant
Sweet Cherried Cheese

Seabiscuit (set in the Depression)
Prohibition Punch
3 P's Salad
Spaghetti with Meatballs and Eggplant
Mock Apple Pie

Master and Commander (set in 1805) A High Seas Tea
Assorted Victorian Sandwiches
English Scones with Preserves
Sally Lunn Cake
Lemon Cake (to ward off scurvy!)

Lost in Translation (set in contemporary Japan)
Sapora Country Miso Stew
Sushi
Fresh Lychee and Pineapple

Mystic River (set in contemporary Boston)
Boston Baked Beans
Warm Buttered Brown Bread
New England Apple Pie with Maple Ice Cream

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