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Ratatouille and a Spritz: The New York Times in 60 Seconds

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by Naomi Shulman, Posted Oct 6th 2010 @ 11:00AM

Ratatouille Photo: Snowy*****, Flickr

Ratatouille by any other name would taste as sweet.
Marc Forgione evokes an imaginary New York -- the kind that exists in "first novels and romantic comedies."
What weird things do you make for your kids? Show us.
Pop-up cuisine has hit the streets of London...
...and Venice is pausing for a spritz.

Filed under: Newspapers, In 60 Seconds

Ratatouille - Feast Your Eyes

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by Nanette Maxim, Posted Sep 13th 2010 @ 10:00AM

Photo: smitten, Flickr

The chunky, herb-fragrant Provençal summer stew of tomatoes, eggplant, and peppers got a serious makeover years back. The king of lean cuisine, French chef Michel Guérard, gave ratatouille a new name, confit bayaldi, cutting out the frying process, and layering the vegetables before baking them. It's a circle of inspiration with this dish: Guérard played with an eggplant-heavy Turkish dish called Imam Bayaldi. Then chef Thomas Keller came along and added a tomato and pepper sauce as a base, and a vinaigrette sprinkled over the top. Blogger smittenkitchen picked up the torch and gave the fanned assembly a personal treatment, and serves it with couscous and a bit of goat's-milk cheese (get her recipe, a variation on Keller's, here).

Visit Kitchen Daily for more recipes for ratatouille, which, given a little experimentation, you can call anything you like.

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Filed under: Feast Your Eyes

Ratatouille, Holiday Vinos and Mixed Nuts - The Miami Herald in 60 Seconds

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by Alexa Weibel, Posted Dec 11th 2009 @ 12:00PM

Icebox butter cookies. Photo: Little Miss Amanda, Flickr.

An easy slice-and-bake variety perfect for last-minute holiday gatherings and as gifts for friends, icebox cookies are "a boon to busy holiday bakers."
Milagro's Dominican Cuisine in South Beach is "Caribbean comfort food at its homemade, belly-filling best."
In the "Desperation Dinners" column, spiced nuts -- particularly, Pumpkin-Spiced Whiskey Walnuts -- make excellent stocking stuffers.
Writer Fred Tasker provides a list of vino libations for the holiday celebrations.
Ratatouille from the South of France and cornmeal-crusted chicken make an easy meal during the busy holiday season.

Filed under: Food News, In 60 Seconds

Slashfood Ate (8): Easy summer dinners

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by Shayna Glick, Posted Aug 20th 2008 @ 1:01PM

An assortment of summer squash, onions, peppers, eggplants, and mushrooms laid out neatly on a wooden surface.

There's been a lot of talk about summer cooking on the interwebs recently. It's the end of the season and the available produce is ridiculously abundant. However, who wants to spend too much time in a hot kitchen when the outdoor mercury is also near to bursting out of the top of the thermostat?

If you're one of the many people who prefer easier cooking in the summer, here's a round up of recipes for you.

1. Try some crispy tilapia with pico de gallo sauce.
2. These kefta and zucchini kebabs will make you want to light the grill.
3. Here's a super easy steakhouse style dinner that's on the table pretty quickly.
4. Maybe not as seasonal, this Bucatini ai fagioli still looks simple and delicious.
5. Eggplant mini pizzas are seasonal, easy and tasty.
6. A Pinot Noir and cherry soup could make a perfect summer starter.
7. How can you get a better summer dessert than grilled peaches?
8. A simple, seasonal ratatouille is an ultimate summer meal.

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Premiere.com picks the 20 Most Mouth-watering Movie Moments

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by Sarah J. Gim, Posted Jul 29th 2007 @ 5:15PM

We at Slashfood absolutely love movies and food, whether it's a quiet night in with take-out and a DVD, a date night out in a restaurant followed by a movie, matching food to movies, movies about food, or talking about foods that might come up in movies.

Premiere.com also like food movies, since this year, there are at least three movies that involve it: Keri Russell in Waitress, the Pixar film Ratatouille that has every good foodie clamoring for eggplant, zucchini, and tomatoes, and No Reservations, the movie that came out this past weekend. In honor of these food movies, Premiere.com lists the 20 Most Mouth-watering Movie Moments, which I'm re-printing here (after the jump). Your favorite food movie or food scene in a movie not listed? Tell us!

Filed under: Television/Film, Lists