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Hi,

I am teaching a class on Food and Culture and have found your website to have the most complete listing of food movies anywhere.  Thank you!  I wanted to add a couple not listed:
Soylent Green
Yakitate

Thanks,
Leslie G. Kaplan
Assistant Director
Writing Program
University of North Florida

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Hello my name is patrice I'm french chef and I'm very interested about
your concept , I think is brillante. So I would like to contribute in
any kind like writing about food storie, and famous recipies. If you
are interested please quote my mail add and let me know.
regards
Patrice

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Dear Sir/Madam,

I am currently working on my dissertation for BA Costume and one of the main
focuses is on the film 'Like Water For Chocolate'. The theme of inhibition
and release through the the use of food is a main focal point and I was
wondering as to whether you could give me any other film titles that convey a
similar sort of theme. How the food is used to convey what is going on
through the central characters is a more general way of putting it. I will
thank you on any information you could give me.

Yours Faithfully

Izabelle Smith
 

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(FROM GOOGLE Q&A) I would like to know how to find words, phrases or names, each of
which is related both to food and to art.

Reason: 
I am compiling (for fun) a crossword which is to include both food
words and art(ist) words. I would like to find some words which are in
both categories.

These categories can be interpreted very loosely.  Vegetables, names
of dishes, cuts of meat, famous cookery writers, spices ... ; schools
of art, names of painters, statues, titles of works of art, media,
names of galleries ...

Of course it is 'easy' to find lists of food words and lists of
art(ist) words in books. Also, byrd-ga, in answering GA question
534509, told us about the OneLook Reverse Dictionary
<http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml>.
I could combine a huge food list with a huge art/ist list, and see
which words occur twice. But that is hard work. Don't try that for me
for $6.

I don't need all that many, as only a few can be fitted into a 15x15
crossword grid. A dozen as good as my examples below would be fine.

Does anyone *know* a simple way to do this?  I can't afford to pay you
a realistic amount to do extensive research.  But perhaps there is an
elegant solution?

Examples: 
MUNCH, BACON, POUSSIN (all painter's surnames).  
THE POTATO EATERS (painting by Van Gogh).  

ARCIMBOLDO (painter of portraits using vegetable components).  
VINDALOO AND RICE (well-known anagram of) LEONARDO DA VINCI. 
BASIL BRUSH (much-beloved humorous UK TV fox puppet, herb and artist's implement!)

OK, it would be hard work to find many examples like the last three.
But at least you see what I mean.

It's a long shot, but interesting, don't you think?

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Dear Sir / Madam,

I hope you can help me!

I am looking into doing a film for Blue Peter about the "un-sung heroes" of the film set, focusing on the people who make the food look delicious and magical in Hogwarts (for example), the pet handlers etc etc. 

I remember reading an article last year featuring the food designer on the set of Harry Potter, who designed the floating meringue in The Chamber of Secrets, and shared some of her secrets of how to make a roast chicken still look deliciously appealing even if it's been sitting on the table for 12 hours already…by spreading it with marmite!

Reading your website this seems to be an area of expertise that you might be able to help me with?  Would you know experts in this field who we might be able to do a 6 minute film with for Blue Peter?

Many thanks for your help and I look forward to hearing from you.

Best wishes,

Sam

Samantha Beddoes
Assistant Producer - BLUE PETER

Dear Admin

My name is Maxfield Bozeat and I am currently a 3rd year Fine Art student at
Central St Martins College of art and design. I have only just become aware
of your website, which is of great interest to me as my own practice has
recently focused solely around food and its consumption. With my last work
being a 6-foot freestanding gingerbread man and writing my Thesis on the
state of authenticity and mythology surrounding British food culture. For my
degree show I am creating a working kitchen designed to make a series of
edible sculptures/meals as part of an investigation into the ideas that food
itself can be an art as taste and smell are senses like any other. I would
be really interested in knowing more about your organisation and the events
you are involved in. I would also be willing to help out in any way if I
could.

Yours

Maxfield Bozeat