Comments on: La Ratatouille, Paris, France

By: Khulan

Khulan — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 05:27:20 +0000

It’s such a sweet little rat, and quite good movie. i loved it. I like Incredibles. Also the movie “La Ratatouille” is so cool. i like the word any one can cook. i like this movie SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO MUCH! THANK GUYS!

By: Catherine

Catherine — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 21:38:38 +0000

I really enjoyed the movie because of its portrayal of kitchen life (although with less swearing and hazing), especially of women in the kitchen. Many times, professional kitchens are portrayed in film and television as jokes for regular characters to bumble about in or as hell on earth. (Which, granted, some kitchens are….or so I’ve heard) This movie shows people who are passionate about what they do and why they do it. The character of Collette is most identifiable to me as I know what it is like to work in the boy’s club that are restaurant kitchens. I do also enjoy the fictional chef Gasteau’s philosophy about food; that “anyone can cook”. It echoes the late Julia Child’s attitude toward cooking. When I was a kid, I watched her shows and read her books. She inspired me, along with other chefs, both famous and not, to really pay attention to food and culinary arts.
I work in a kitchen and have for almost fifteen years now. It hasn’t always been easy, but I wouldn’t miss it for the universe.
I’m glad that Mr. Bird and Pixar could portray that passion and love of a skill, art and craft that is cooking in a wonderful (and very funny) film.

By: mano

mano — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:17:50 +0000

I *just* had ratatouille today

Yumm… my wife and kid made a huge pot of it (10 servings) yesterday after watching the movie.

I haven’t seen it yet, but I grew up eating Ratatouille so I feel connected.

Good post!

By: Mara

Mara — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:08:54 +0000

Perhaps it has to do with Thomas Keller being a consultant for the movie.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2007/06/28/MNGGIQNA7M1.DTL

By: Dave

Dave — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:03:14 +0000

Hey Hillel, didn’t know if you’ve seen this already. http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/13/dining/13rata.html?ex=1339992000&en=5d59878e6094e9d6&ei=5124&partner=permalink&exprod=permalink

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:34:12 +0000

The ratatouille (both the dish and the movie) was developed with Thomas Keller. And Brad Lewis worked at the French Laundry to prep for the movie. So yeah, there’s some food poetry involved.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:11:20 +0000

If you’re referring to the ratatouille dish itself in terms of reinterpretation, the “somebody” is none other than Thomas Keller, who consulted the Pixar team, cooked for them, gave them some cooking lessons, etc. and reinvented the ratatouille recipe as seen in the film.