Yum! February: Heart-warming pleasures

Dinner and a movie - can you think of a better way to spend Valentine¹s
day -- or the fast approaching Oscars?

Here are three of our favourite amorous food flicks (and some accompanying recipe ideas) to help your enjoy a romantic evening at home.

Dinner and a movie - can you think of a more better way to spend Valentine¹s
day -- or the fast approaching Oscars?

Here are three of our favourite amorous food flicks (and some accompanying recipe ideas) to help your enjoy a romantic evening at home.

Chocolat (2000)
A mysterious woman (Juliette Binoche) opens a chocolate shop in a small French village during Lent, shakes up the morality of the community and eventually finds love with a handsome river rat (Johnny Depp).

It would be very hard indeed to watch this film without your own hand-picked selection of chocolate treats nearby.

Chocolate Recipes:
• Chocolate Fondue
• Chocolate Soufflé for Two
• Chocolate Volcano Cakes

Mostly Martha (2002)
Martha is the head chef at a chic German restaurant. Her cooking is precise, uncompromising and perfect -- until she hires a charming and carefree Italian chef. Eating pasta on the floor has never seemed so enchanting.

Pasta Recipes:
• Clams and Pasta in White Wine Sauce
• Creamy Walnut Pasta Shells
• Spaghetti Carbonara
• Spaghetti with Eggplant and Goat Cheese

Tom Jones (1963)
This movie version of Henry Fielding's novel stars Albert Finney as the lovable adopted son of a British country squire who embarks on a journey of sexual adventures (including the disreputable Molly). After this film, you will never eat lobster the same way again.

Lobster Recipes:
• Classic Lobster
• Chunky Lobster Chowder
• Lobster Cocktail with Ginger Vinaigrette
• Lobster Fettuccine