AVON

THE TASTE OF THINGS
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If you are a fan of gourmet cooking, you won’t want t(Lovely French Filmo miss this wonderful little French romantic film.

Most of the film takes place in the kitchen and dining room of the wealthy chef, Dodin Bouffant (Benoit Magimel), a chef who lives with his own personal chef and love of his life, Eugenie (The still beautiful in the fall of her life (Juliette Binoche).

She lives downstairs; he lives upstairs, but occasionally asks if he may “knock on her door.”

Dodin is madly in love with the woman, spending days with her preparing exotic meals in his kitchen.

The movie takes place in 1889. The beginning and end of the nearly two hour running time-most of the fil-shows the two chefs working together preparing dinners.

Much of the vegetables and spices are gathered in their gardens and the meat and fish are delivered by local farmers. The cooking utensils are right out of a museum.

Watching them prepare a veal roast made our mouths water and sent us to Twin Oaks for a modern meal dish.

There is a melancholy end to this exquisite film, with Dodin preparing a meal for his beloved. No car chases, no plot twists, no sex or violence, just a lovely little film about love and food.

English sub-titles.

We both loved it.

OSCARS OBSERVATIONS

As expected, “Oppenheimer” won the night with 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Actor and Supporting Actor.

The big surprise was “Poor Things,” one of our favorites, which spent over a month at the Avon and returned there this week. Emma Stone beat out favorite, Lily Gladstone Native American actress in “Killers of the Flower Moon,” which was snubbed along with “Maestro.”

Another surprise hit, “The Holdovers” won Best Supporting Actress for Da’Vine Joy Randolph, which we also enjoyed at the Avon.

The big surprise was “Godzilla Minus One,” (Another Avon movie).” which beat out the latest “Mission Impossible.”

While we are not fans of award shows, we have to admit that this was one of the better ones.