New foodie movie comes too late

Alas.

July 21, 2011 at 6:19PM
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)
(The Minnesota Star Tribune)

If you call yourself a "foodie," and know that the term does not rhyme with "hoodie," and used to mean "gourmand" before it was inexplicably infantilized, then this movie might be right up your alley. (By the way, the picture of the chef was chopped off in the original, perhaps because the world could not bear the brilliant ideas pouring from his head in blinding waves of light.) The AP review says:

So all the chefs and diners are faking it?

Western literature is replete with tragic tales of restaurants turning into think-tanks, so this isn't as absurd as it sounds. But this might be:

So they're making it up as they go along, then. I do know that when you're hungry, "hazelnut oil, water and two crystals of salt" is not a dish. It's dipping sauce. Pass the chicken nuggets!

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