Heliogabalus, Delights from the Roman Empire made with Glorious Garum

The Roses of Heliogabalus, Leo Reiffenstein, 1891 Laura from Silk Road Gourmet  has made garum (she discusses garum brilliantly  HERE  and t...

La Grande Bouffe –– Food, Sex and Excess in Film –– with Lobster

It’s hard to believe but Marco Ferreri’s La Grande Bouffe was made 40 years ago.  It was a movie the New York Times called "vulgar vau...

Chicken a la King, Ladies Who Lunch, Circa 1913

I’ve been working like a dog recently on a wonderful movie.  For all of you who lead hectic lives… you must, like me, long for a simpler tim...