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Forget about Big Night. Forget about Mystic Pizza. Forget, even, numerous barbecue documentaries.

Check out Who is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe? Here, dear readers, is the food movie to end all food movies (well, except that numerous food movies have been produced since 1978, when this movie was made. But whatever.).

Anyway, the title basically tells you what the plot is, but it's got one foot in farce and another squarely planted in the Agatha Christie backlist (think And Then There Were None meets Delicatessen by way of the Pink Panther series).

Need more? It's got Jaqueline Bisset. Admittedly, it's long past her Bullitt days, but she's still great. I'll take her in a food movie anyday.  At least until the uber-graceful Julianne Moore makes a food movie.

Delis will always have something for everyone. For some reason, their menus are the biggest you are likely to see in the restaurant industry. One deli that comes to mind (unnamed because their food is definitely not so hot) has over 600 items on the menu, for example. But it can be hard to get everything right when your kitchen is producing everything from Reubens to fettuccini alfredo to teriyaki stir fry, though when at least half of the menu is excellent, patrons don’t mind an omelet that is simply acceptable when their dining partner can get pizza and potato latkes at the same meal. A good deli is a great thing, though. And Brent’s is just about the best in LA, according to the huge crowds that gather in front of it every day.

Brent’s Deli has been around since 1967 and has won too many awards to count. Not only do they have a great neighborhood feel, they are widely regarded as the best deli in Los Angeles and Zagat called them the “Best outside New York.” Their goal is “to be the best family owned & operated delicatessens & restaurants in the country”, and if you’ve ever eaten there, you’ll know that they’re not far off that mark. Everything is always fresh, helped in no small part because thee restaurant is always packed. The only thing that takes longer than getting a table is trying to find a parking spot in their lot around lunchtime. Park across the street, if you can help it.