# Food based on classic books or movies **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [February 11, 2016, 2:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790 "2016-02-11T02:49:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 4:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/21 "2016-02-12T04:50:46Z")
Reservoir Hotdogs The Veal-shank Redemption What Ever Happened to Baby Back Ribs? 12 Angry Gingerbread Men ---
**Author:** ![Quercus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/7ab992/32.png) [@Quercus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quercus)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2016, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/22 "2016-02-12T15:38:25Z")
> [@Tara57](#): > > The Godfather - cannoli Just make sure you don’t mix up which thing to bring and which thing to leave… ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [February 13, 2016, 12:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/23 "2016-02-13T00:27:00Z")
Rex Stout put out “The Nero Wolfe Cookbook,” which contained recipes for nearly every dish ever mentioned in a Nero Wolfe mystery novel (including “saucisse minuit”). Some of them are mainstream dishes, a few are rather odd. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 2:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/24 "2016-02-14T14:57:11Z")
Huckleberry Finnan Haddie Life of Pie Annie Get Your Bun There’s No Business Like Pho Business My Fair Ladyfinger Donovan’s Beef For Whom the Bells Toll House Cookies I Dream of Wienie Frank and Stein of Beer Cheaper By the Dozen Donuts Limehouse Booze ---
**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/25 "2016-02-14T15:29:31Z")
Some of these remind me of _Good Eats_ episode titles. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/26 "2016-02-14T20:22:22Z")
Not a movie, but I get hungry every time I watch Tuco make burritos in Breaking Bad. They looked pretty good! ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 9:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/27 "2016-02-14T21:11:36Z")
You could do the entire meal from “Babette’s Feast.” ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/28 "2016-02-14T21:14:49Z")
Not a movie, but an episode of **iCarly** included spaghetti tacos as a joke. Kids started asking for it in restaurants, and now quite a few offer it. Spaghetti and meatballs from **Lady and the Tramp**. ---
**Author:** ![Dendarii\_Dame](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/bbce88/32.png) [@Dendarii\_Dame](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dendarii_Dame)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 9:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/29 "2016-02-14T21:20:40Z")
And here’s a link to the foods Ratty brings to a picnic in The Wind in the Willows: [http://foodinliterature.com/food-in-literature/2015/06/wind-willows-rattys-picnic.html](http://foodinliterature.com/food-in-literature/2015/06/wind-willows-rattys-picnic.html) ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/30 "2016-02-14T21:46:43Z")
> [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](#): > > Huckleberry Finnan Haddie > > Life of Pie > > Annie Get Your Bun > > There’s No Business Like Pho Business > > My Fair Ladyfinger > > Donovan’s Beef > > For Whom the Bells Toll House Cookies > > I Dream of Wienie > > Frank and Stein of Beer > > Cheaper By the Dozen Donuts > > Limehouse Booze I Am Curious Yellow Cake. ---
**Author:** ![Horatio\_Hellpop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/e5b9ba/32.png) [@Horatio\_Hellpop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatio_Hellpop)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/31 "2016-02-14T23:33:21Z")
The Hannibal Lecter: Liver, with fava beans and a good chianti. A big dome of tuna salad; call it “Pussy Galore!” “Blazing Saddles” baked beans. ---
**Author:** ![Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90ced4/32.png) [@Waltzes\_with\_Cacti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waltzes_with_Cacti)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2016, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/32 "2016-02-14T23:40:32Z")
A Man for All Seasonings Meat Me in St Louis Planet of the Grapes ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2016, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790/33 "2016-02-15T03:00:56Z")
I once held a dinner party based on food mentioned on Babylon 5. Garibaldi mentioned bagna cauda, an Italian hot oil dip. In one episode G’kar entertained another Narn guest, who was amazed he had found the ingredients for a dish called “breen” G’kar replied it wasn’t breen, _“But it is an Earth dish that is very similar. They call it Swedish meatballs.”_ there were other dishes and fruit, but those two were the favorites. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/food-based-on-classic-books-or-movies/745790.md?page=1)