>Movies That Prove that Food Is Not The Enemy

Mostly Martha

One thing that Europeans seem to understand that we don’t: Food is good.

It’s not what we eat, it’s the way that we eat that is bad. Oh, I know that’s what we say, but we don’t seem to believe it. We Americans make so many rules about food and eating that it take the fun right out of it. Cut down on carbs, don’t snack, eat a healthy breakfast every day, and don’t eat late at night – tell that to the skinny Italian women who eat loads of pasta, gelato, dinner at 10:00 PM and have, for breakfast, a cappuccino and pastry.

Here it is – the last word on food – it’s not the pasta, or what time you eat, or anything like that. It’s the huge portions that we eat. And McDonalds. And the Coca Cola. That’s not enjoying food – that’s becoming a slave to it.

Italians know something about enjoying a meal, and here are some movies that celebrate preparing and eating them.

In Io Sono l’Amore the food and the love were hard to differentiate. Read what I wrote about it HERE.

Not an Italian movie, but a good one about Italians – and a great one about FOOD!
Read what I wrote about Big Night HERE.

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Pranzo di Ferragosto – I actually learned a little bit about cooking from watching Gianni cook. For my review of the movie click HERE.

And how about some dessert? La Finestra di Fronte (Facing Windows). Read about it HERE.