tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post5706094635746451526..comments2024-03-28T08:29:49.154-07:00Comments on At the back of the hill: IN PRAISE OF THE BURKAThe back of the hillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245223453467132noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-31358573315313633602009-06-24T22:10:34.998-07:002009-06-24T22:10:34.998-07:00No "stretching" involved for SIDEWAYS......No "stretching" involved for SIDEWAYS...wine IS food.<br />Serious stretching for FRIED GREEN TOMATOES, an execrable exercise in cinematic bathos (I'm so glad Mary-Louise Parker has stopped dying of cancer in all of her roles); I might also take this opportunity to nominate DINNER RUSH, with Danny Aiello, Sandra Berhard, and the great Ajay (Samir, from OFFICE SPACE) Naidu.Spiroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17988427339228349477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-50173769784708380662009-06-24T15:25:38.846-07:002009-06-24T15:25:38.846-07:00I've read burkas prevent absorption of vitamin...I've read burkas prevent absorption of vitamin D so I'm all for muslim women wearing them may they die in birth labor.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-27239777208510521712009-06-24T13:19:11.145-07:002009-06-24T13:19:11.145-07:00Ha! Spiros, you took the gnocchi (er, words) right...Ha! Spiros, you took the gnocchi (er, words) right out of my mouth!<br /><br />Also, Mostly Martha (the original 2001 French version), Fried Green Tomatoes (yes, this is stretching it a bit), The Road to Wellville (in which food features as a serious obsession), Apres Vous (WONDERFUL!! Frenchmen and suicide and restaurant humor!), Pieces of April (misadventures with a turkey and a lot of malfunctioning rental ovens at Thanksgiving, plus family dysfunction), and stretching the "food" definition there is Sideways.<br /><br />And one that I haven't yet seen but have on my list to watch: The Cook, the Thief, his Wife and her LoverTzipporahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807511259582331073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-73319658718891771712009-06-24T10:19:10.566-07:002009-06-24T10:19:10.566-07:00BIG NIGHT. Speaking of Stanley Tucci.BIG NIGHT. Speaking of Stanley Tucci.Spiroshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17988427339228349477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-52623637488626948942009-06-24T09:54:19.442-07:002009-06-24T09:54:19.442-07:00Tzipporah, that DOES sound like it would be an enj...Tzipporah, that DOES sound like it would be an enjoyable movie.<br /><br />Possibly even one to add to the list of all-time great food movies.<br /><br />Tampopo, Le Grande Bouffe, Como Agua para Chocolate, Babette's Feast, Eat Drink Man Woman ......<br /><br />Readers, please feel free to nominate other movies.<br />A groissen dank forois.The back of the hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05564245223453467132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-29369880421776213732009-06-24T09:44:50.558-07:002009-06-24T09:44:50.558-07:00Something ironic in reading this after spending ye...Something ironic in reading this after spending yesterday evening stultifying my mind watching "The Devil Wears Prada" on TV. <br /><br />Bah, too many commercials.<br /><br />But who WOULDN'T love to see Meryl Streep or Stanley Tucci in a burka?<br /><br />btw - looks like they're teaming up again for "Julie and Julia," the movie version of a wonderful blog/book I enjoyed a couple years ago, where a NYC woman decides to cook all the recipes in The Art of French Cooking in a single year. <br /><br />Somehow it seems like something you would enjoy, BoTH, despite the lack of tobacco.Tzipporahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08807511259582331073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-36071755620995748032009-06-24T09:07:22.484-07:002009-06-24T09:07:22.484-07:00Burquawitz.Burquawitz.Arinoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-54427673330534888442009-06-23T19:52:40.713-07:002009-06-23T19:52:40.713-07:00Covered women gives me a woody.Covered women gives me a woody.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17704096.post-36975941388517753192009-06-23T16:39:46.786-07:002009-06-23T16:39:46.786-07:00Slimming in stripes, or sprightly with polka dots....Slimming in stripes, or sprightly with polka dots. Gay and vivacious in canary yellow. Or even mysterious and come hither in scarlet or indigo.<br /><br />Oh I just can't wait to go back!Dhulikanoreply@blogger.com