<b>Movie Menus</b> pairs classic movies with easy recipes updated from historic cookbooks to help you create a sensational dining experience for any film genre.<br> <br>Both foodies and film buffs will find their passions fulfilled in this deliciously cinematic cookbook, which gathers authentic recipes from the cultures and eras portrayed in your favorite films: Old-Fashioned Southern Fried Chicken with Gravy to savor with <i>Gone with the Wind</i>; <i>Spaghetti and Meatballs with Eggplant</i> for The Godfather; Pan-Seared Steak and Onions with <i>The Alamo</i>; a Victory Garden Salad for <i>Patton</i>. <br> <br>The chapters are organized into ten distinct film genres—everything from “Pharaohs and Philosophers” and “Knights and Kings” to “The Wild West” and “Romantic Dinner for Two”—with a dozen or so recipes each. Treat your family to a complete meal served in popcorn bowls while watching <i>Shrek</i>, or enjoy a Renaissance feast with <i>Shakespeare in Love</i>. Spiced with film factoids, black-and-white movie stills, famous lines, and bloopers, Movie Menus is as fun to read as it is to use, and promises to be a classic.