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Brown Butter, Sour Cream, & Sea Salt Chocolate Chip Cookies
“Milk and cookies kept you awake, eh, Sebastian?” -Replicant mastermind Dr. Eldon Tyrell in director Ridley Scott’s beautifully dark post-modern 1982 masterpiece Blade Runner
Ragù of Cannellini Beans & Grape Tomatoes over Garlic Parmesan Toast
“You should never hesitate to trade your cow for a handful of magic beans.” -American ‘dramedy’ author and super interesting dude Tom Robbins in his 1994 novel Half Asleep in Frog Pajamas
Rum-Spiked Apple Cake
“Carrie, you haven’t touched your apple cake.” -Actress Piper Laurie as the creepily sanctimonious helicopter mom Margaret White in Stephen King’s 1976 horror classic Carrie
Mediterranean Seven Layer Dip with Za’atar Pita Chips
“Remember how they always thought there wasn’t a way to kill a ‘toon? Well, Doom found a way. Turpentine, acetone, benzene. He calls it ‘The Dip.’ ” -Actor Richard LeParmentier as Detective Valiant’s loyal ally Lt. Santino in Robert Zemeckis’ 1988 comedy Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Ohitashi (Japanese-Style Spinach Parcels)
“Never eat spinach just before going on the air.” -Long-time American journalist and CBS News anchor Dan Rather
Southern-Style Collard Greens with Bacon & Smoked Onion
“You don’t call them collard greens. That’s offensive.” -Ever clueless Regional Manager Michael Scott of fictional paper company Dunder Mifflin’s Scranton branch on NBC’s wildly popular sitcom The Office
Inland Cress Salad with Grilled Apricots, Crispy Speck, & Burrata
“The embarrassing thing is that my salad dressing is out-grossing my films.” -Legendary Academy Award-winning actor, director, philanthropist, activist, and food entrepreneur Paul Newman
Lemony Chicken Stew with Dill Dumplings
“I am the emperor, and I want dumplings.” -Holy Roman Emperor Ferdinand I, fiercely Catholic leader of much of Central & Eastern Europe during the late 1500′s
Fattoush (Lebanese Peasant Salad with Pita Croutons)
“A salad is not a meal. It is a style.” -Feisty, chain-smoking New York-based writer, humorist, and iconic trend-setter Fran Lebowitz
Falafel
“Can I have a falafel with hot sauce, a side order of babaganouj, and a seltzer, please?” -90′s indie darling Parker Posey in Daisy Von Scherler Mayer’s 1995 nightlife comedy Party Girl
Gỏi Dưa Chuột (Vietnamese Cucumber Salad with Pork, Chicken, & Shrimp)
“I’m chill. I’m chill as a cucumber, man.” -Canadian actor/comedian Seth Rogen as process server Dale Denton in Judd Apatow’s 2008 celebration of stoner hijinks, Pineapple Express
Not-Too-Sweet Pecan Pie Bars
“Waiter, there is too much pepper on my paprikash. But I would be proud to partake of your pecan pie.” -Comedian Billy Crystal starring as Harry Burns in the classic New York City love story When Harry Met Sally
Masala Chai Latte
“These days I’m a big chai tea/soymilk kind of guy.” -Michael Hitchcock as uptight, neurotic, and overprotective Weimeraner owner Hamilton Swan in Christopher Guest’s brilliant 2000 comedy Best in Show
Sticky, Sweet, & Spicy Asian-Style Chicken Wings
“Left wing, chicken wing, it don’t make no difference to me.” -American Depression-era folk legend Woody Guthrie
Tuna, White Bean, & Tomato Salad with Meyer Lemon & Fresh Herbs
“I have to quit these peas. Peas are no good for me, I better try corn or beans.” -Stephen King, American master of horror, fantasy, and suspenseful writing, in his best-selling 1994 novel Insomnia
Potage Au Cresson (French-Style Watercress Soup)
“We have so much in common, we both love soup and snow peas, we love the outdoors, and talking and not talking. We could not talk or talk forever and still find things to not talk about.” -Actress Jennifer Coolidge as voluptuous trophy wife Sherri Ann Cabot in Christopher Guest’s hilarious mockumentary Best In Show
Valrhona Chocolate Crinkle Cookies
“All you need is love, but a little chocolate now and then doesn’t hurt.” -American cartoonist Charles M. Schulz, creator of the comic strip classic Peanuts
Canh Thịt Bò Nấu Rau Răm (Vietnamese Beef & Coriander Soup)
“Soup won’t be computerized.” -Carlie Westerman expressing optimism for the future as Sylvie in Miranda July’s quirky and brilliant 2005 film Me And You And Everyone We Know
Panko-Crusted Wild Salmon Burgers with Watercress Salad & Miso Dressing
“Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by it’s ability to climb a tree, it will live its whole life believing that it is stupid.” -Albert Einstein, German-born patent clerk, scientific visionary, and enviably humble human
Spaghetti Cacio e Pepe
“Everything you see I owe to spaghetti.” -Legendary Italian screen goddess Sophia Loren on her beautiful figure
Parmigiano Reggiano, Black Pepper, & Buttermilk Biscotti
“No, I do not want a biscotti with that.” “God! How can you stand these assholes?” “Some people are OK, but mostly I just feel like poisoning everybody.” -Thora Birch’s Enid and Scarlett Johansson’s Rebecca reacting to a rude coffee shop customer in 2001′s indie darling Ghost World
Brown Sugar Caiprioska with Red Grapes & Thai Basil
“The sun, with all those planets revolving around it, and dependent on it, can still ripen a bunch of grapes as if it had nothing else in the universe to do.” -The one and only Galileo Galilei, noted 16th century Italian heliocentrist and father of modern physics
Don Far Tong (Chinese Egg Drop Soup)
“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid.” ―Samuel Clemens, better known as the one-and-only Mark Twain, American writer and travel enthusiast
Babaganouj (Lebanese Eggplant Purée)
“Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.” -Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez in his celebrated examination of the complexities involved in matters of the heart, Love In The Time Of Cholera