Culinary cinema : appetite, narrative, and community in contemporary film / Deborah R. Geis.

Author/creator Geis, Deborah R., 1960- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationLanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, an imprint of The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., [2025]
Description1 online resource (ix, 241 pages) : color illustrations
Supplemental ContentEBSCOhost
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Contents Introduction : Spec(tac)ular cooking -- Big night -- Babette's feast -- The hundred-foot journey -- East Side sushi -- Chef -- Burnt -- Julie & Julia -- Tortilla soup -- Last holiday -- Mid-August lunch -- Conclusions : Just desserts.
Abstract "This book offers a new approach to the evolving genre of films that center on the acts of eating and cooking, from the classics to later box-office hits. The author explores significant tropes, including the transcultural feast and the obsessive chef, to reveal how these films construct vicarious pleasure for the viewers who consume them"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
Source of descriptionDescription based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 28, 2025).
Issued in other formPrint version: Geis, Deborah R., 1960- Culinary cinema Lanham : Lexington Books, [2025] 9781666958638
LCCN 2024039756
ISBN1666958646 electronic book
ISBN9781666958645 (electronic bk.)
ISBNhardcover

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