JULIE & JULIA at Tenacious Eats ‘Movies for Foodies’ Event August 13th

“What is marshmallow fluff? “

JULIE & JULIA will be screened Saturday August 13th, as part of Movies for Foodies, a regular film series put on by the chefs at Tenacious Eats. The event will take place at Marine Corps League Banquet Hall (5700 Leona St, St. Louis 63116)

Tenacious Eats ‘Movies for Foodies’  is a one-of-a-kind event where food is prepared and plated in front of you, in the form of a 5-course gourmet meal, while you watch a film on the big screen. Tenacious Eats only works with locally produced food procured by them and hard-to-find ingredients imported from places that specialize in them.

For each new film, the folks at Tenacious Eats write a new menu specific to that movie’s story. Sometimes the menu is literal and sometimes it is inspired interpretation. In all cases, each dining experience is different because each film is different. By integrating film and food, Movies for Foodies creates an original experience, a feast for the senses, an event that brings food and film, chefs and diners together.

A well baked movie with all the right spice and sauces, you couldn’t ask to sit down and eat to a better comedy than Nora Ephron’s JULIE & JULIA. Parallel stories have always made for good movies – especially when they’re true stories – and Nora Ephron’s JULIE & JULIA from 2009 is a really good one. Half of the movie focuses on Julie Powell (Amy Adams) an unfulfilled government employee in a New York where the memory of the 9/11 attacks is still fresh in people’s minds. So, she sets out to prepare every recipe in Julia Child’s cookbook, all the while blogging about it. Meanwhile, we see Julia Child (Meryl Streep) during her years in Paris learning how to become the chef that everyone knows. Watching Meryl Streep as Julia Child is like sitting down to a meal at any of St. Louis’ finest restaurants and eating a 6-course gourmet meal (and 6 cocktails), which is exactly what you’ll be doing if you attend JULIE & JULIA at Tenacious Eats ‘Movies for Foodies’ event this Saturday

Here’s the menu for JULIA & JULIA:

“ I know…”
Filets de Poisson Poches au Vin Blanc (pg 208)
Pan seared rainbow trout filet, clarified butter, shallots, crisped leeks, white wine, sautéed heirloom tomatoes and sauce Béarnaise.

Escoffier says “Stuff the hen until she just can’t take it anymore…”
Galantine de Poularde (pg 440)
Lazy J’s free-range chicken stuffed with local Ozark mushrooms, Gruyere, toasted fennel, shallot, garlic and mission figs poached in duck fat.

“He’s Very Tall Dorothy”
Fromage Americain
Baetja Farms Tomme, Schlafly cheddar and St. Louis brie with house made brioche toast points.

“Vaches Enragees”
Boeuf Bourguignon (pg 315)
C & C Highland Grass fed Beef, lardoons, mire poix, butter, mushrooms, red wine, beef stock and pomme dauphinoise.

“Julia Hates Me…”
Pate de Canard en Croute (pg 571-576)
Boned out duck stuffed with Lazy J’s chicken liver pate and baked in a house made pastry dough.

“Happy 101st Birthday Julia”
Profiteroles (pg 175 & 590)
Orange ginger custard filled profiteroles topped with almond white chocolate ganache and accompanied by segmented oranges and candied almonds.

Please arrive for live music at 4:30PM.

Film and First Course starts at 6:00PM.

No dress code. Costumes always encouraged!

Tickets can be purchase at Brown Paper Tickets HERE

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/2560430

$75.00 per person.
$95.00 per person day of event. Seating is limited and space cannot be guaranteed unless purchased in advance.

(Tenacious Eats fans can use promo code ‘mirepoix’ for a $15 discount per ticket today)