A meal may be built similarly to that of a traditional film narrative: warm mixed Mediterranean olives set the scene, momentum builds with spiced, fried quail and tomato chutney, and the rising action culminates in a kobe bavette steak with Zinfandel butter. Dessert of course is the denouement. At Foreign Cinema in San Francisco’s Mission District, gourmands and cinephiles alike finesse oysters from the shells while an independent film flutters on the brick wall of the covered courtyard. The location is dramatic with stark concrete walls and high-ceilings, but the wood elements warm the minimalist decor; the foreign and art films cooking up the romance. With equal parts passion for food and celluloid, chefs Gayle Pirie and John Clark cater to those with an appetite for the visceral and the sensory. And as Sunday’s 83rd Academy Awards approaches, Foreign Cinema’s Cultural Director Bryan Ranere shares with us his favorites in food cinema:
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