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There are a plethora of articles and books dedicated to the subject of food in cinema that fetishise acts of cooking and food consumption in films such <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092603/">Babette’s Feast </a>(1987), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111797/">Eat Drink Man Woman</a> (1994), <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103994/">Like Water for Chocolate</a> (1992) and <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0092048/">Tampopo</a> (1986). Although these films are wonderful exemplars of the joining of cuisine and film, there are a number of gems that, despite featuring food, have been sadly overlooked. It is my intention with this modest list to draw attention to five cinematic food moments that haven’t received the attention they so rightfully deserve. Lights, camera, bon appétit!

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The Night We Never Met (1993)</strong>

Warren Leight’s 1990s romantic comedy is neither particularly well known nor well loved; however, it is a film that I watched over and over as an impressionable young girl. Some may argue that I was drawn to the predictable and somewhat cheesy romance, but – in fact – it was the discussion of cheese in a scene set in Dean and Deluca that pushed my buttons. You have to love a film that has both literal and
metaphoric cheese.

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<strong>Pulp Fiction (1994)</strong>

Royal with cheese. Le Big Mac. $5 shakes. While other viewers were getting their fix of stylised violence, heroin overdoses and nostalgic tunes, I was salivating over the food. The diner scene is among one of my favourites in recent film history. Uma Thurman knows the right way to have a burger: bloody.

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<strong>In the Mood for Love (2000)</strong>

Food, in its various guises, is a repeated feature in the cinema of Wong Kar-wai; however, in In the Mood for Love it takes on a sensuous significance in which dining and commensality are bound up with unspoken desire and longing. Subtly denoting a shared language of romance, the central relationship of the film is played out against a backdrop of outdoor noodle stands, intimate restaurants and old-
fashioned recipes.

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<strong>Marie Antoinette (2006)</strong>

Marie Antoinette may have said “Let them eat cake”, but in Sofia Coppola’s pastel-punk biopic the macaron takes centre stage. In one of the film’s most striking musical montages, which is set to Bow Wow Wow’s “I Want Candy”, dreamy Ladurée confections are juxtaposed to intricately designed fashion pieces in an orgy of colour and excess. Overindulgence as a means to combat ennui has never looked so delicious.

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<strong>Soul Kitchen (2009)</strong>

Forget Soul Food (1997), I want to dine at Soul Kitchen. Fatih Akin’s most recent film is, for me, a shocking omission from lists that have been compiled by food cinephiles. From the psycho chef, played brilliantly by Birol Ünel, who catapults a knife into the dining table of a customer after he requests that his gazpacho be warmed, to the hilarious use of cassia bark as an aphrodisiac, to the uplifting soul
soundtrack, Soul Kitchen is an absolute standout.

Feel free to share your favourite food moments in film.