[Sca-cooks] Foodie Movie Supreme: Vatel

[Elaine Koogler]

I think I saw it for sale online at express.com...you might try looking for it
there!

Kiri

Olwen the Odd wrote:

> >OK, i know this is old news to many...
> >
> >I *finally* rented "Vatel", which came out about a year and a half
> >ago. I really enjoyed it. And took place only about 70 years out of
> >"SCA period".
> >
> >For those who don't know, it's a fictional account of a series of
> >major feasts and festivities produced by Vatel, a master chef in the
> >employ of the Prince de Conde', and served to The French Sun King
> >Louis XIV and his huge and devious entourage.
> >
> >I was, naturally, especially riveted by the kitchen sequences. I just
> >kept imagining how much better a feast i could do with such a large
> >and knowledgeable staff to prepare the food - and such a HUGE
> >kitchen, ok, series of kitchens...
> >
> >If you haven't seen it, it's definitely worth renting. Perhaps not
> >the best acting by everyone in the cast of luminaries, but a very
> >well done film, and quite a few good acting turns. I felt the
> >extremely negative reviews were unwarranted. Sure, it wasn't *great*,
> >but it was really really good. I guess the folks wanted an action
> >hero and automatic weapons.
> >
> >Just watching Vatel in the kitchens and coordinating the
> >entertainments got me in a state of pre-Feast stress :-)
> >
> >Anahita
>
> Funny that.  I rented Vatel again this past weekend to take along for
> viewing at my hostesses home Christmas Eve.  She enjoyed the movie almost as
> much as me.  I have seen the thing roughly 8 times thus far and plan to
> purchase it if I ever find it for sale.
>
> I agree, having a knowledgeable staff in the kitchen really *IS* all that.
> As a memeber of the Bright Hills Cooks Guild I can attest.  We do work well
> together.  We each know our niche and the skills of the others in the group
> and that is the secret I suppose.
>
> The production cost of Vatel must have been a budget buster, don't you
> agree?
> Olwen
>
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Elaine Koogler

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