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    Top 10 food movies

    By | Shine Food – Wed, May 21, 2008 8:12 PM EDT

    It was a weird time for food movies last year. Ratatouille was universally praised, No Reservations globally ignored, and now I hear about a Zen chef from fellow blogger Amy Sherman. Here are some of my favorites...and I'm assuming that wine movies like Sideways and Mondovino don't count.

    Top 10 Food Movies
    (in random order)

    1) Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory
    2) Delicatessen
    3) Like Water for Chocolate
    4) My Dinner with Andre
    5) Babette's Feast
    6) Tampopo
    7) The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover
    8) Big Night
    9) Chocolat
    10) Eat Drink Man Woman

    James Oliver Cury is the executive editor of Epicurious.com. He is a member of the James Beard Restaurant and Chef Awards Committee and has been a judge at the Culinary Institute of America, the Jack Daniels World Barbecue Championship, and the Food Network's Iron Chef show. He's written for dozens of magazines, including Esquire, Playboy, Details, Entertainment Weekly, Maxim, Men's Journal, SPIN, Glamour , US Magazine, Food & Wine, and Every Day with Rachael Ray.


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