Add to your list farmers in Mexico and Canada. The best thing I’ve seen about corn production is the film, “The Future of Food.” It’s available on Netflix, and is well worth everyone’s time. The...

refrigeration. In fact, when he put the custard through a sieve, there was a film of uncooked egg white left behind. I had one of those, “oh, duh” moments—since the freezing will make the custard firm, you only...

again trusted Hollywood when it came to filming my favorite books. The other one they totally screwed up was “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (come to think of it, that’s another book with food...well, candy, anyway).

of this film is when the son cannot find Spreewalder Gurken (Pickles from Brandenburg’s Spreewald region) buys the only thing available [Holland pickles] and meticolously places them in the old jars.

they do, but craft services is just like any other industry or catering situation with specific accounts, and those aren’t my shows. so for now, it’s strictly films, which, although less consistent, are great accounts...

or who are allergic to soy? - where are the Vietnamese people who think the fish sauce is stinky? But here in Los Angeles: I go out to a restaurant and, for example, hear a whiny teenage girl with an LV purse and film producer...

Funny you should mention that. My once-favorite tea house in Shanghai, The Old Film Cafe on Duolun Lu started serving their longjing in a Bodum-esque French press instead of just giving me a big glass tumbler half-full of leaves...

Roscoe’s used to be great. The prices were pretty low, the quality was excellent, and the portions were huge. But throw them on Food Network, name drop them in a Tarantino film, and then presto, watch the lines get long,...

Does anyone know what the point was of filming the finale live in Chicago? Cutting to the Chicago studio for 30 seconds before going to commercial seemed utterly pointless and somewhat distracting. All that said, I really had...

Montreal probably didn’t get many mentions because people don’t go there (the fools!) Not only great food, but great Jazz festival, film festival, comedy festival, not to mention the best-dressed women in North...

. a favorite new york meal is russ and daughters then walk up to ess-a bagel. oh lordy! im going to get hungarian soon at Hortobagy with a hungarian friend and then probably watch kontrol (hungarian film). i’ve tried to get a...

Because if they didn’t, the judges who were waiting for the food would be sitting there a very long time. I’m assuming the start times are staggered by at least a half hour if not more, as they’re going to want...

of highly-paid experts whose mission was to appeal to the broadest spectrum of 'Americans possible. People want authentic. Or think they do. I still remember the line from the film “Lone Star”: "But we thought that...

I don’t think the editors are trying to make Hung the villain. I felt that way at first; Hung’s friendship with Marcel and his own behavior made him such an easy target. However, the editors have been generous with...

in the “theater district”. - For great NY-style deli, there’s Katz’s Deli, on Houston St on the "lower east side" (the famous fake orgasm scene was filmed here in When Harry Met Sally) There’s also the...