Food and wine sustain us and bring us joy! Our ten movies will run the gamut: soup to nuts, highbrow to lowbrow, funny, elegant, zesty, and hopefully with “a long finish.” Our films have been shot in Denmark, France, California, India, Japan, Israel and Africa. Bring your appetite and prepare to spend some quality time in the kitchen in the near future!

Our movies: Harvest Season, Julie & Juliet, The Lunchbox, Waitress, Blind Ambition, Sideways, Breaking Bread, The Taste of Things, Big Night, and Babette’s Feast.

Format: Each week we will watch the scheduled film at home and discuss it in class. Two class members will sign up for each movie, each leading the discussion for one segment of class. It is hoped that they will coordinate so they do not repeat the same material. Any slide presentation must be limited to 20 minutes. An easier option would be to send questions out to the class ahead of time to prepare people for a lively discussion.

Resources/Expenses: Films are available on Amazon Prime, Netflix, Kanopy and other streaming services, all for a minimal membership fee. The Ocean State Library system also carries a limited number of eight of our films, if you have a working DVD player.