Let's play a game. It's called "match the dish with the movie," the Oscars 2017 edition. Are you ready? Are your thinking cap and apron on?
Here are 9 recipes that correspond to some part or scene of 9 of this year's Oscar-nominated films. Okay, go!
La La Land
On one of their first dates, Mia (Emma Stone) and Sebastian (Ryan Gosling) stop by a pupuseria for Salvadoran food. (Also, if it's too cold to fire up the grill, use your grill pan.)
Hell or High Water
Yes, more steak. But if you've ever seen this scene you understand why you can't watch this movie without wanting a T-bone steak (and a baked potato).
Lion
Dev Patel stars as an orphan who uses the Internet to find his way back home to his home village India after being raised by adoptive parents in Australia.
Moonlight
One of the last scenes takes place at a Cuban diner, where Chiron (Trevante Rhodes) reunites with his longtime friend (or, you could say, a former enemy—to not divulge too much) Kevin (André Holland), who's a cook there. Although there's some debate, it's believed the dish Kevin made Chiron was pollo de la plancha.
Captain Fantastic
Watch this clip from the movie, where one of the daughters asks, "How did you kill those chickens?" She's referring to the two organic, non-GMO roasted birds on the table.
My Life as a Zucchini
The story of an orphan, Zucchini, who struggles to find his place in his new foster home—and his search of a new family. No, zucchini isn't in season right now, but it only seems appropriate here.
Hidden Figures
The movie is about the brilliant black women who worked as human "computers," helping send America to space. Star bread only seems appropriate.
Elle
In this revelatory scene, surrounded by wine and friends, the main character (Isabelle Huppert) reveals she's been assaulted.
Manchester by the Sea
The sight of frozen food causes Patrick (Lucas Hedges) to have an emotional breakdown about his recently deceased father; his father's body is being frozen until the weather warms, since the ground in winter is too hard to bury him.
Tell us: What will you be making on Oscars night?
Written by: Riddley Gemperlein-Schirm
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Also, I think you mean the "sight" of frozen food, not the "site".
It might be a difficult process, but we all need to do better, I look forward to an inclusive and diverse Food52.
Thank you for your note. This, for one, is not meant to be tone-deaf—I'm sorry you felt that way. Yes, the process towards diversity is difficult and will happen over a long-term period, in a meaningful way. As I was writing this, I found myself wishing the actual dish shared in that pivotal diner scene in Moonlight was on our site (because of your comment, I am linking to the dish in the scene, pollo de la plancha). For Lion, I searched for a jalebi recipe to use, however all we had was an Iraqi zengoula recipe. Although this dish is similar, I didn't feel comfortable using it and merging and assuming similarities between two very different cultures. I wish we had both of those recipes. Because, you're right: My colleague Mayukh's article was wonderful. And we do need more that: more article coverage, more recipes, and, in general, to be better—and for it not to be hard to do so. We will continue to push ourselves to be better in our coverage, writing, and recipes. And I hope you stick with us through the process. Thank you, again.
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