The Devil Wears Prada

The Devil Wears Prada is an American comedy-drama film directed by David Frankel and produced by Wendy Finerman. The screenplay, written by Aline Brosh McKenna, is based on Lauren Weisberger's 2003 novel of the same name. The film adaptation stars Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly and Anne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" Sachs. The film was released in 2006.

A smart but sensible new graduate lands a job as an assistant to Miranda Priestly, the demanding editor-in-chief of a high fashion magazine.

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Movie Plot In New York, the simple and naive just-graduated in journalism Andrea Sachs is hired to work as the second assistant of the powerful and sophisticated Miranda Priestly, the ruthless and merciless executive of the Runway fashion magazine. Andrea dreams to become a journalist and faces the opportunity as a temporary professional challenge. The first assistant Emily advises Andrea about the behaviour and preferences of their cruel boss, and the stylist Nigel helps Andrea to dress more adequately for the environment. Andrea changes her attitude and behaviour, affecting her private life and her relationship with her boyfriend Nate, her family and friends. In the end, Andrea learns that life is made of choices. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Meryl Streep as Miranda Priestly
• Anne Hathaway as Andrea "Andy" Sachs
• Emily Blunt as Emily Charlton
• Stanley Tucci as Nigel Kipling
• Simon Baker as Christian Thompson
• Adrian Grenier as Nate Cooper
• Gisele Bündchen as Serena
• Tracie Thoms as Lily
• Rich Sommer as Doug
• Daniel Sunjata as James Holt
• Colleen Dengel as Caroline Priestly
• Suzanne Dengel as Cassidy Priestly
• David Marshall Grant as Richard Sachs
• Tibor Feldman as Irv Ravitz
• Rebecca Mader as Jocelyn
• Alyssa Sutherland as Clacker
• Ines Rivero as Clacker at the elevator
• Stephanie Szostak as Jacqueline Follet
• David Callegati as Massimo
• Paul Keany as St. Regis Doorman

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Slow-Cooked Pork Gammon

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Slow Cooked Pork Gammon

For a Delicious dinner for any occasion or even for a Sunday family meal the Pork Gammon won't disappoint you.

Preparation Time: 30'	Cooking Time: 150'	Serves: 4 portions

Ingredients

• 1 pork gammon with 1.8-2 kg skin
• salt
• pepper
• 350 ml. beer
• 3-5 cloves of garlic
• 4-6 bay leaves
• 1 onion cut in half
• 1 tbsp. rosemary

For the potatoes

• 10 potatoes
• fresh herbs
• 1/3 cup olive oil
• 2 tbsp. mustard
• salt
• pepper

Method

• Remove the gammon from the refrigerator a few hours (2-6) before cooking. Carve the skin of the plait with a very sharp knife, taking care not to go deep and cut the meat itself. Smear the skin well with salt, almost as if you were massaging the pork for 3-4 minutes so that the salt penetrates all the cut points and comes in contact with fat and meat. Leave it with the salt for 40 'in your kitchen. In the meantime, preheat the oven to 180ºC (or at a lower temperature than 120º-160ºC if you choose slower cooking). Cut the onion in two or four and the garlic cloves. In a small bowl that evenly holds the stalk standing, place the stalk in the centre like a pyramid, pour in all the ingredients and then the beer to form the base.
• Moisturizing element in the cooking process keeping the meat juicy and flavouring it along the way. Do not pour the beer over the meat, because it will carry away the garlic and salt and pepper that we want to keep in the folds. There is enough fat to keep the meat moist during baking, so the beer on it will not add anything.
• You'd roughly expect it to be ready at 180ºC at 2:15 ', but, safe driver is the internal temperature to reach 80ºC and not the time. When the indoor temperature exceeds 80ºC, it is certain that the interior is fully cooked, so you take the gammon out of the oven. If it does not have a skin, the process ends here. If it has skin, raise the oven to 260ºC. You will notice that the skin has been 'cooked' to a great extent, but it is clearly chewy and therefore impossible to eat in this form.
• Put all the ingredients for the potatoes in a pan and mix. Cover the pan and bake at 180 degrees for 40 minutes. Open and pour all the juice from the gammon on the potatoes and place it on top of the pan with the potatoes. Continue baking.
• With a spoon and/or brush you take the beer that is in our utensil together with the herbs and smear well the skin and the whole gammon, so that it goes wet everywhere in the crevices and under the folds of the skin, to better complete the final phase where we will seek to make the skin crisp.
• Because having liquid, the abrupt heating will create more bubbles than water vapour and so the skin will stretch and cook perfectly.
• Finally, transfer the gammon on a grill with the pan underneath so that its skin is fully exposed to the high heat and there is a pan underneath to collect any liquids that will drip. When the oven reaches 260ºC, quickly put the gammon back in, so that there are no large heat losses.
• Leave it for about 10 minutes until the skin is puffy and visibly crispy. Remove the bun from the oven and leave it on a cutting surface for at least 10 minutes before serving at the table to balance and re-integrate back into its tissues. , all liquids that have come out of them during cooking.

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The Devil Wears Prada

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Greek Mpriam

The classic recipe for traditional oven Mpriam. The easiest and fastest food of the summer. We love briam with feta and bread.

Preparation Time: 15'	Cooking Time: 45'	Serves: 6 portions

Ingredients

• 4 eggplants 
• 4 zucchini 
• 4 large potatoes 
• 4 tomatoes fresh, alternatively a can with peeled tomatoes 
• 4 cloves 
• garlic 
• 2 onions 
• 2 tbsp. chopped mint 
• 2 tbsp. chopped basil 
• 2 tbsp. chopped parsley 
• 1 cup of olive oil 
• 1 cup of water 
• salt freshly 
• ground pepper 

Optional

• 2 small carrots 

Method

• For the traditional oven mpriam, preheat the oven to 200 ° C in air and resistors
• After washing and cleaning the vegetables, cut the aubergines into 6 pieces, the zucchini at 6 (like big bites), 4-5 cm (they will shrink when cooked), the tomatoes at 4 and the potatoes like the aubergines, at 6 
• Put the vegetables mixed in a deep pan 34 or 36 cm. 
• Grind the garlic with the olive oil in the blender and pour over the food, add salt and pepper and sprinkle with the herbs. 
• Mix them by hand or with two spoons. 
• Pour over with water (does not need too much, the vegetables will release their juice). 
• Place the pan in the preheated oven and bake 40΄-45΄ for the first half-hour covered. Then we uncover it. 
• Briam is a food that is served lukewarm or at room temperature. 

Accompany it with feta cheese or put feta in the pan 15' before serving in order to melt a bit.

Enjoy - Kali Orexi...!!!

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Ratatouille

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Ratatouille

Ratatouille is an American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Walt Disney Pictures. It was written and directed by Brad Bird. The title refers to the French dish ratatouille, which is served at the end of the film and also references the animal type of the main character, a rat. The film was released in 2007.

A rat who can cook makes an unusual alliance with a young kitchen worker at a famous restaurant.

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Movie Plot A rat named Remy dreams of becoming a great French chef despite his family's wishes and the obvious problem of being a rat in a decidedly rodent-phobic profession. When fate places Remy in the sewers of Paris, he finds himself ideally situated beneath a restaurant made famous by his culinary hero, Auguste Gusteau. Despite the apparent dangers of being an unlikely, and certainly unwanted, a visitor in the kitchen of a fine French restaurant, Remy's passion for cooking soon sets into motion a hilarious and exciting rat race that turns the culinary world of Paris upside down. As seen on IMDb

Voice Cast

• Patton Oswalt as Remy, a rat with heightened senses of taste 
• Ian Holm as Chef Skinner, a diminutive chef and the owner of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant
• Lou Romano as Alfredo Linguini, the son of Auguste Gusteau and Renata Linguini
• Janeane Garofalo as Colette Tatou, Gusteau's rôtisseur
• Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, France's most famous chef
• Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, the restaurant critic
• Will Arnett as Horst, Skinner's German sous chef
• Julius Callahan as Lalo, Gusteau's saucier and Poissonnier
• James Remar as Larousse, Gusteau's chef garde manger.
• John Ratzenberger as Mustafa, Gusteau's chef de salle
• Teddy Newton as Talon Labarthe, Skinner's lawyer.
• Tony Fucile as Pompidou, Gusteau's patissier
• Jake Steinfeld as Git, a former lab rat and member of Django's colony.
• Brad Bird as Ambrister Minion, Anton Ego's butler.
• Stephane Roux as the narrator of the cooking channel.

Our Review

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Greek Mpriam

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The Parent Trap

The Parent Trap is an American romantic comedy film co-written and directed by Nancy Meyers, and produced and co-written by Charles Shyer. It is a remake of the 1961 film of the same name and an adaptation of Erich Kästner's German novel Lottie and Lisa (Das doppelte Lottchen). The film was released in 1998.

Identical twins Annie and Hallie, separated at birth and each raised by one of their biological parents, later discover each other for the first time at summer camp and make a plan to bring their wayward parents back together.

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Movie Plot When two pre-teens named Hallie and Annie meet through their summer camp, their two lives are rattled when they realize that they are identical twins. With parents, British mother aka famous dress designer Elizabeth and American father, a winemaker named Nick, living in two different sides of the universe, the girls decide to make an identity swap in hopes of spending time with their other parent. The girls later choose to aware their guardians of the swap while at a hotel in San Francisco, which late reunites the divorced pair and sends them back into remarriage with each other. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Lindsay Lohan as Hallie Parker and Annie James
• Dennis Quaid as Nicholas "Nick" Parker, Annie and Hallie's father
• Natasha Richardson as Elizabeth "Liz" James, Annie and Hallie's mother
• Elaine Hendrix as Meredith Blake, a 26-year-old
• Lisa Ann Walter as Chessy, Nick’s housekeeper and Hallie's nanny
• Simon Kunz as Martin, the James family's butler
• Polly Holliday as Marva Kulp Sr., the owner and director of Camp Walden.
• Maggie Wheeler as Marva Kulp Jr., Marva Sr.'s daughter and assistant.
• Ronnie Stevens as Charles James, Elizabeth's wealthy father
• Joanna Barnes as Vicki Blake, Meredith's mother.
• J. Patrick McCormack as Les Blake, Meredith's father.

Our Review

A Disney production for the whole family, tender, romantic, comedic, clearly standardized and faithful to family values. It contains beautified situations, bright scenery. With an expressive, talented little girl in her double role, who steals the show from the two protagonists, but also the heart of the viewer. The children will enjoy it.

Since we are talking about a movie that parents and children love, there could be no shortage of a delicacy that everyone loves just as much, and this is none other than the homemade delicious pizza !!! A 'cheat' meal that everyone will love and enjoy!!! You also can spend some quality time with family during preparing your dinner the special easy and enjoyable pizza of course!!!!


We wish you to enjoy both of our proposals. 

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Homemade Pizza

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Homemade Pizza

Fluffy homemade pizza with handmade dough and ingredients that are in our house.

Preparation Time: 15'	Cooking Time: 30'	Serves: 4 portions

Ingredients

For the pizza dough

• 500 gr of Self-rising flour
• 125 gr of soft butter (room temperature)
• 200 gr of warm milk
• 1/2 tbsp. sugar
• 1 tbsp. vinegar

Optional:

• 1 tbsp. dried oregano
• 1 tbsp. dried thyme

For the tomato sauce

• 1 can of peeled tomatoes
• 4 tbsp. olive oil
• 1 pinch of sugar
• salt
• pepper
• 4 leaves of fresh basil (chopped)

Method

• Put all the pizza dough ingredients in a bowl and knead them together into a ball.
• Prepare the easy pizza sauce. Put all the ingredients for the tomato sauce in a small saucepan. With a fork, press the tomatoes to melt and bring to a boil. Lower the heat and continue cooking for another 15 minutes, until the sauce is ready.
• Grease the large kitchen pan with olive oil well or alternatively put baking paper. With your fingers, spread the dough all over the surface of the pan.
• Spread the sauce, add some cheese to cover the whole pizza and then, garnish the pizza with the toppings you prefer.
• Bake in a preheated oven at 180ºC for 30 ′ until the dough is well cooked.

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The Parent Trap

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Forest Gump

Forrest Gump is an American magical realism comedy-drama film directed by Robert Zemeckis and written by Eric Roth. It is based on the 1986 novel of the same name by Winston Groom, and stars Tom Hanks, Robin Wright, Gary Sinise, Mykelti Williamson, and Sally Field. The film was released in 1994.

The presidencies of Kennedy and Johnson, the events of Vietnam, Watergate, and other historical events unfold through the perspective of an Alabama man with an IQ of 75, whose only desire is to be reunited with his childhood sweetheart.

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Movie Plot Forrest Gump is a simple man with a low I.Q. but good intentions. He is running through childhood with his best and only friend Jenny. His 'mama' teaches him the ways of life and leaves him to choose his destiny. Forrest joins the army for service in Vietnam, finding new friends called Dan and Bubba, he wins medals, creates a famous shrimp fishing fleet, inspires people to jog, starts a ping-pong craze, creates the smiley, writes bumper stickers and songs, donates to people and meets the president several times. However, this is all irrelevant to Forrest who can only think of his childhood sweetheart Jenny Curran, who has messed up her life. Although in the end, all he wants to prove is that anyone can love anyone. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Tom Hanks as Forrest Gump
• Michael Conner Humphreys as young Forrest Gump
• Hanna R. Hall as young Jenny Curran.
• Gary Sinise as Lieutenant Dan Taylor: Forrest and Bubba Blue's platoon leader
• Mykelti Williamson as Benjamin Buford "Bubba" Blue
• Sally Field as Mrs Gump
• Haley Joel Osment as Forrest Gump, Jr
• Peter Dobson as Elvis
• Dick Cavett as himself
• Sonny Shroyer as Coach Paul "Bear" Bryant
• Grand L. Bush, Michael Jace, Conor Kennelly, and Teddy Lane Jr. as the Black Panthers

Our Review

From Winston Groome's book, Forrest Gump is transferred to the cinema in 1994. Speaking of a good, well-intentioned naive, and obedient, to one whose whole life revolves around a humble dream and a box of chocolates, character, the protagonist Tom Hans. In the film we see the hero meeting personalities such as Kennedy, Nixon or John Lennon. The essence of the film, symbolizes a person with reduced intelligence who does not ask, is not searched and above all does not react.

In addition, the Film Academy nominated Forrest Gump for thirteen Oscars, eventually awarding it six.

While watching this movie (as young girl) I drank homemade lemonade, which my mom used to make -since we had a lemon tree in our yard- so, when I put the movie to watch it again, recently before post it on our blog, what I felt was nostalgia for that icy homemade lemonade. So, somewhat emotionally affected by this memory, I suggest you watch or re-watch Forrest Gump with a glass of cold, fresh lemonade on your side and you'll remember me ;) ;)


Enjoy...!!!

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Homemade Lemonade

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Homemade Lemonade

Homemade lemonade drives young and old crazy! It is ideally served with many ice cubes and mint leaves water or soda water.

Preparation Time: 15'	Cooking Time: 5'	Serves: 14 portions

Recipe ingredients:

• 500 ml of freshly squeezed lemon juice
• 500 gr of sugar
• 200 ml of water

Method:

• For 2 bottles of 700 ml of homemade lemonade, put the water and sugar in a saucepan on very low heat (without boiling). Wait until the sugar has melted and become liquid. Allow cooling well to room temperature.
• Squeeze the lemons and strain the juice into a fine strainer. Pour the strained juice into the cold sugar syrup. Mix very well with a whisk.
• Distribute the concentrated lemonade in sterile glass bottles and keep it in the refrigerator. In order to serve lemonade at any time, first, shake the bottle with the concentrated juice and put in a glass 1/3 of the juice and 2/3 of the cold water or soda. Mix well and then serve with ice cubes and fresh mint leaves.

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Forest Gump

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Greek Chocolate and Biscuits Dessert

In 10 minutes you will have made this dessert and you will have eaten it! Easy, fast and perfect!

Preparation Time: 10'	Cooking Time: 3h	Serves: 12 portions

Ingredients

• 250 gr digestive biscuits
• 150 gr of chopped chocolate
• 100 gr of butter
• 2 tbsp. cocoa
• 3 tbsp. coconut
• 4 tbsp. coarsely chopped walnuts
• 1 can of sweetened condensed milk 400 gr

To cover

• 250 gr. couverture chocolate
• 1 tbsp. seed oil

Method

• put the cookies in a food bag and remove the air
• beat them with a rolling pin or a pan to crumble 
• put the cookies, coconut, walnuts and cocoa in a bowl and mix
• put the chocolate, butter and sweetened condensed milk in a saucepan over low heat and stir to melt the ingredients
• allow the mixture to cool slightly and pour over the solids and mix with a spoon
• grease a shallow, elongated baking tray, 28 × 20 cm and pour the mixture while pressing to level the surface.
• freeze the dessert until firm

For the cover

• melt the chocolate in a baking pan
• add the seed oil and stir
• pour the dessert all over the surface
• freeze until firm (maximum 3 hours)
• dip a sharp knife in hot water and cut it into square pieces.

Bon Appétit!

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The Help

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The Help

The Help is a period drama film written and directed by Tate Taylor and based on Kathryn Stockett's 2009 novel of the same name. The film features an ensemble cast, including Jessica Chastain, Viola Davis, Bryce Dallas Howard, Allison Janney, Octavia Spencer and Emma Stone. The film was released in 2011.

An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.

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Movie Plot Set in Mississippi during the 1960s, Skeeter (Stone) is a southern society girl who returns from college determined to become a writer, but turns her friends' lives -- and a Mississippi town -- upside down when she decides to interview the black women who have spent their lives taking care of prominent southern families. Aibileen (Davis), Skeeter's best friend's housekeeper, is the first to open up -- to the dismay of her friends in the tight-knit black community. Despite Skeeter's life-long friendships hanging in the balance, she and Aibileen continue their collaboration and soon more women come forward to tell their stories -- and as it turns out, they have a lot to say. Along the way, unlikely friendships are forged and a new sisterhood emerges, but not before everyone in town has a thing or two to say themselves when they become unwittingly -- and unwillingly -- caught up in the changing times. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Emma Stone as Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan
• Viola Davis as Aibileen Clark
• Octavia Spencer as Minny Jackson
• Bryce Dallas Howard as Hillary "Hilly" Walters Holbrook
• Jessica Chastain as Celia Rae Foote
• Allison Janney as Charlotte Phelan
• Ahna O'Reilly as Elizabeth Leefolt
• Sissy Spacek as Mrs Walters
• Chris Lowell as Stuart Whitworth
• Mike Vogel as Jonathan "Johnny" Foote
• Cicely Tyson as Constantine Bates
• Anna Camp as Jolene French
• Brian Kerwin as Robert Phelan
• Aunjanue Ellis as Yule May Davis
• Ted Welch as William Holbrook
• Wes Chatham as Carlton Phelan
• Shane McRae as Raleigh Leefolt
• Roslyn Ruff as Pascagoula
• Tarra Riggs as Gretchen
• LaChanze as Rachel Bates
• Mary Steenburgen as Elaine Stein
• Leslie Jordan as Mr Blackly
• David Oyelowo as Preacher Green
• Dana Ivey as Grace Higginbotham
• Tiffany Brouwer as Rebecca
• Carol Lee as Pearly
• Carol Sutton as Cora
• Millicent Bolton as Callie
• Ashley Johnson as Mary Beth Caldwell
• Nelsan Ellis as Henry
• Emma and Eleanor Henry as Mae Mobley Leefolt

Our Review

Kathryn Stockett's best-selling book, The Help, quickly gained success. After all, both the theme and the film itself have the right recipe, combining social reflection with well-written history.

The main characters are Skeeter and two maids: her favorite, Aibileen (Viola Davis) who resurrected her and the dynamic Minny (Octavia Spencer). These three women are at the heart of an attempt to demonstrate the irrationality of racial discrimination and the inhuman face of racism. "The Help" features carefully curated main characters, who are passionately played by the actors.

In "The Help", the balance between comedy and drama is never lost. Although Mississippi is inflamed by the hypocrisy and authoritarianism of the "superior" whites, giving us some genuinely moving scenes, the struggle of the black heroes to overcome fear and testify to their personal truth holds equally funny moments.

"The Help" manages to win and excite the audience. It talks about the past in a direct and timely way, while achieving the necessary connection with the present in the viewer's consciousness.

At this point and in a comedic spirit based on a historical scene of the film, we were inspired with our proposal for a Greek traditional dessert based on chocolate and biscuits. Anyone who has seen the film will understand our way of thinking, and whoever has not seen it, we believe will laugh and trust us. The proposal of the film as well as the proposal for the sweet tie harmoniously as it is worth seeing the film -if you haven't seen it before- accompanied by the sweet lychees that we suggest to you.

We wish you to enjoy both of our proposals. 

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Greek Chocolate and Biscuits Dessert

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Julie & Julia

Julie & Julia is an American comedy-drama film written and directed by Nora Ephron released in 2009, starring Meryl Streep, Amy Adams, Stanley Tucci, and Chris Messina. Ephron’s screenplay is adjusted from two books: My Life in France, Child’s life account composed with Alex Prud’homme, and a diary by Powell, Julie and Julia: 365 Days, 524 Recipes, 1 Tiny Apartment Kitchen.

Julia Child's story of her start in the cooking profession is intertwined with blogger Julie Powell's 2002 challenge to cook all the recipes in Child's first book.

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Movie Plot In 1949, the diplomat Paul Child and his wife Julia are expatriated to France. In Paris, the bored Julia decides to learn how to cook and later to write a book teaching American housewives how to cook French cuisine. In 2002, the frustrated secretary of a government agency Julie and her husband, the editor Eric Powell, move to an apartment in Queens over a pizzeria. Julie is an aspirant writer and loves to cook and her husband suggests her to write a blog to spend her leisure time. Julie decides to write a blog about cooking and commits herself to cook the 534 recipes written by Julia Child in her book in 365 days. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Meryl Streep as Julia Child
• Amy Adams as Julie Powell
• Stanley Tucci as Paul Child, Julia's husband
• Chris Messina as Eric Powell, Julie's husband[6]
• Linda Emond as Simone Beck ("Simca"), with whom Julia wrote Mastering the Art of French Cooking
• Helen Carey as Louisette Bertholle, co-author of Mastering the Art of French Cooking
• Jane Lynch as Dorothy Dean Cousins, Julia's sister[7]
• Mary Lynn Rajskub as Sarah, Julie's friend.[8]
• Joan Juliet Buck as Madame Elisabeth Brassart of Le Cordon Bleu, where Julia studied French cooking
• Amanda Hesser as herself
• Deborah Rush as Avis DeVoto, Julia's long-time pen pal
• Vanessa Ferlito as Cassie, Julie's acquaintance
• Casey Wilson as Regina, Julie's acquaintance
• Jillian Bach as Annabelle, Julie's acquaintance
• Frances Sternhagen as Irma Rombauer
• Françoise Lebrun as The Baker's Mother
• Mary Kay Place as the voice of Julie's mother
• Erin Dilly as Judith Jones, Julia's editor and friend

Our Review

Julie and Julia are two very different women, but they have one delicious feature in common: cooking. One comes to us from the delicious Paris of the '50s and the American television reality of the' 60s, full of smiles, optimism and original recipes. She is none other than Julia Child, the famous chef in the country and TV personality played by Meryl Streep. For her, cooking and food are a way of life, part of everyday life and a source of her inexhaustible pleasure.

The other is Julie Powel (Amy Adams), a stressed woman living in Queens who is frustrated with her life, the September 11 injury in New York and her failed failures, and is permanently in a state of crisis and frustration. Cooking for her is a way out of everyday life, while Julia Child's recipes are a challenge for small everyday victories - both in her kitchen and in her blog. Julia's recipe book will prove to be an unexpected self-help guide for Julie, who will finally give a taste of her boring life.

It is a pleasant and romantic story of Julie and Julia. Inspired by two true stories, Ephron manages to convey to the viewer both the joy of cooking and the joy of blogging, but also the simple joy of eating, a more accessible pleasure that we have all more or less experienced during a well-cooked meal. An undeniably delicious romantic comedy that will open hearts and appetite of course.

We imagined ourselves somewhere in Franch eating of course a delicious creamy chicken, that we add bacon (which is an always delicious combination) and pasta to complete and easy, quick and tasty meal.

Bon appetit!

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Creamy Pasta with Chicken and Bacon

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Creamy pasta with chicken and bacon

A wonderful pasta dish with chicken and bacon that you will love! The chicken is uniquely combined with the bacon and creamy sauce, creating an unforgettable pasta worth trying.

Preparation Time: 5'	Cooking Time:15'	Serves: 2 portions

Ingredients

• 1 chicken fillet cut into small pieces 
• 300 gr of pasta (any kind can be used, we used conchiglie pasta)
• 2 slices of bacon cut into small pieces (almost chopped)
• 300 ml milk cream or sour cream
• Parmesan to taste
• salt and pepper

Optional

• canned mushrooms 
• Sweet Curry powder for flavour 
• chopped parsley or baby tomatoes for garnish 

Method

• Boil the pasta according to the instructions 
• In a medium saucepan, add a little oil and add the chicken and mushrooms and fry over medium heat.
• add bacon
• Once the chicken is golden brown on all sides, add the sour cream and parmesan and stir.
• Add salt and pepper and continue stirring.
• Remove the pan from the heat and let it sit with the rest of the ingredients.
• Add the spaghetti and mix
• Serve with fresh parsley or chopped tomato

Bon Appétit!

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Julie & Julia

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Chicken Curry

Crispy and juicy chicken fillet with aromatic curry and herbs. A delicious recipe for chicken with a rich sauce, quick and slightly spicy.

Preparation Time: 10'	Cooking Time: 20'	Serves: 4 portions

Ingredients

• 1 kg of chicken breast
• 1 dried onion
• 2 cloves garlic
• parsley
• 1 tablespoon tomato paste
• 1 tablespoon curry
• 1 teaspoon cinnamon
• 1 teaspoon coriander
• 1 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1/2 teaspoon sugar
• salt to taste
• olive oil
• 1/2 lemon
• 200 gr. yoghurt
• 1 bay leaf
• 3-4 fresh onions

Method

• cut the chicken into small pieces
• chop the fresh and dried onion and garlic
• in a saucepan add a little oil and add the fresh and dried onion and garlic until golden
• add the chicken and cook for 5 minutes
• add the parsley and tomato paste, stirring until the paste dissolves
• add water, cover the ingredients, and spices, curry, cinnamon, coriander, sweet paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, sugar, salt and bay leaf
• lower the heat and cover for about 15 minutes
• after the chicken is cooked, add the lemon juice and yoghurt

Bon Appétit!

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Eat Pray Love

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Eat Pray Love

Eat Pray Love is an American biographical romantic drama film. It's base on Elizabeth Gilbert's memoir of the same name, starring Julia Roberts. Director Ryan Murphy undertook the cinematic transfer of the book which was released in the United States in August 2010.

A married woman realizes how unhappy her marriage really is, and that her life needs to go in a different direction. After a painful divorce, she takes off on a round-the-world journey to "find herself".

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Movie Plot Liz Gilbert (Roberts) had everything a modern woman is supposed to dream of having - a husband, a house, a successful career - yet like so many others, she found herself lost, confused, and searching for what she really wanted in life. Newly divorced and at a crossroads, Gilbert steps out of her comfort zone, risking everything to change her life, embarking on a journey around the world that becomes a quest for self-discovery. In her travels, she discovers the true pleasure of nourishment by eating in Italy; the power of prayer in India, and, finally and unexpectedly, the inner peace and balance of true love in Bali. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Julia Roberts as Elizabeth "Liz" Gilbert
• Javier Bardem as Felipe, a Brazilian businessman Gilbert falls in love with on her journey
• James Franco as David, the man Gilbert has an intense relationship with while she is finalizing her divorce
• Richard Jenkins as Richard, a Texan Liz befriends at an Indian ashram
• Viola Davis as Delia Shiraz, Gilbert's best friend
• Billy Crudup as Steven, Gilbert's ex-husband
• Sophie Thompson as Corella, a woman at the Indian ashram
• Mike O'Malley as Andy Shiraz, Delia's husband
• Christine Hakim as Wayan, Gilbert's best friend in Indonesia
• Arlene Tur as Armenia
• Hadi Subiyanto as Ketut Liyer, Gilbert's advisor in Indonesia
• Gita Reddy as The Guru
• Tuva Novotny as Sofi, Gilbert's Swedish best friend in Rome
• Luca Argentero as Giovanni, Gilbert's Italian tutor and Sofi's love interest
• Rushita Singh as Tulsi, Liz's friend at the ashram who has an arranged marriage

Our Review

Liz (Julia Roberts) is too close to depression. She is not sure about her feelings and her marriage does not help her at all, since she does not offer anything in her attempt to find herself. She decides to get a divorce and enter a new, more difficult phase in her life, the one that will allow her to fill this constant gap she feels. First step, the relationship with a younger man. The second and most important step, a journey around the world that will help her calm down and finally find the element that is missing from building her personal happiness. She first travels to Italy wanting to taste good food, carefree life and of course to join the local culture, then the spirituality of Indian culture and ends up in the idyllic Bali. In her attempt to discover the source of her authenticity, she witnesses various theories and practices that will lead her to self-awareness.

Perhaps the beginning and end of every human being revolves around self-knowledge. Elizabeth Gilbert's autobiographical story seeks to show the long and arduous need of self for love, right thinking and completion. Spiritual 'resurrection' is fundamental and necessary.

The film offers several thrills, accompanied by an exquisite journey into the diversity and magic of the world. The film has strong moments. Also, the film is part of a spiritual teaching that leaves no one indifferent ...

Many of us would like to make this journey. So, somewhere in here we were also upset by the taste that we would like to travel us, in some way to the places where the film went... What is more intense than Indian culture and food? A strong taste that will bring us closer to the dream of a trip ... So try to watch the movie with a delicious chicken curry and rice in front of you ...


We wish you to enjoy both of our proposals. 

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Chicken Curry

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

My Big Fat Greek Wedding is an independent romantic comedy film directed by Joel Zwick and written by Nia Vardalos, who also stars in the film as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos, a middle class Greek American woman who falls in love with non-Greek upper-middle-class White Anglo-Saxon Protestant Ian Miller. The film was released in 2002.

A young Greek woman falls in love with a non-Greek and struggles to get her family to accept him while she comes to terms with her heritage and cultural identity.

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Movie Plot Toula Portokalos is 30, Greek, and works in her family's restaurant, Dancing Zorba's, in Chicago. All her father Gus wants is for her to get married to a nice Greek boy. But Toula is looking for more in life. Her mother convinces Gus to let her take some computer classes at college (making him think it's his idea). With those classes under her belt, she then takes over her aunt's travel agency (again making her father think it's his idea). She meets Ian Miller, a high school English teacher, WASP, and dreamboat she had made a fool of herself over at the restaurant; they date secretly for a while before her family finds out. Her father is livid over her dating a non-Greek. He has to learn to accept Ian; Ian has to learn to accept Toula's huge family, and Toula has to learn to accept herself. As seen on IMDb

Cast

• Nia Vardalos as Fotoula "Toula" Portokalos
• John Corbett as Ian Miller
• Lainie Kazan as Maria Portokalos
• Michael Constantine as Costas "Gus" Portokalos
• Andrea Martin as Aunt Voula
• Louis Mandylor as Nikos "Nick" Portokalos
• Gia Carides as Cousin Nikki
• Gerry Mendicino as Uncle Taki
• Joey Fatone as Cousin Angelo
• Bess Meisler as Yiayia (Grandma)
• Stavroula Logothettis as Athena Portokalos
• Ian Gomez as Mike, Ian's best man
• Bruce Gray as Rodney Miller
• Fiona Reid as Harriet Miller
• Jayne Eastwood as Mrs White
• Arielle Sugarman as Paris Miller

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Gemista

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Gemista

The best Greek recipe with rice stuffing. Fasting food without meat suitable for Vegetarian and Vegans. You should try it!

Preparation Time: 20'	Cooking Time:90'	Serves: 6 portions

Recipe Ingredients:

• 6 large tomatoes
• 3 medium fresh eggplants
• 3 green peppers
• 1 zucchini coarsely ground
• 12 tbsp. steaky rice
• 2 chopped onions
• 1 -1/3 cup olive oil
• 1 small bunch of chopped parsley
• 1 small bunch of fresh chopped mint
• 1 tbsp. sugar
• a pinch of cumin
• salt
• freshly ground pepper

Method:

• For the most beautiful stuffed rice vegetables, wash all the vegetables and open them. Cut 1 slice of each tomato (to keep it together with the tomato we do not completely separate) and with a spoon we empty its crumb, taking care to leave some flesh in the peel so that they do not open later in the filling and baking. Keep the tomato crumb for the sauce. Grind it in a blender.
• Sprinkle each tomato with a little salt and a little sugar. We turn them upside down on a tray, letting their liquids go.
• Cut 1 slice from the top of the pepper and remove the seeds and their white part.
• Cut 1 thin slice from the back of the eggplant so that they sit well in the pan.
• We also remove a slice from the stalk and with a spoon, we empty its crumb and chop it finely. First, grind the tomato sauce in a blender. Keep 1/2 of the ground tomato for the end of the recipe.
• In a deep frying pan, heat 1/2 cup. of the total olive oil and sauté the chopped onion for 2-3 ′. Add the zucchini and eggplant crumbs and sauté for 2-3 minutes, to wither, add the rice. Pour over 1/2 of the ground tomato and 1 tbsp. water. Add salt and pepper and simmer for 5 minutes. Remove the filling from the heat. Sprinkle with chopped herbs. The filling should be quite juicy when we fill the vegetables.
• Fill each vegetable up to 3/4, because it will swell the rice by baking. Put the lids and place them in a deep pan, close to each other.
• Ιn a bowl, whisk the remaining ground tomatoes with the remaining 1 cup olive oil. Add salt and pepper and pour over the pan with a spoon. Finally, add the sugar and sprinkle with the stuffing. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° C on the resistors, the first half-hour covered with kitchen foil. Then, remove and continue baking, which lasts a total of 1 hour and 15΄.

Serve hot or cold with Greek feta or yogurt!! They are amazing the next day at room temperature!
Enjoy- KALI OREXI !!

DON'T FORGET TO SERVE GEMISTA WITH GREEK YOGURT!!!

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My Big Fat Greek Wedding

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