Here’s our Oscar menu for 2015:
Table decorations
Camellias – In Birdman, Riggan (Michael Keaton) asks for camellias for his dressing room and wants anything except roses; his daughter later brings him lilacs. (We could have also gone with the theater critic’s martinis or the sliced lunch meat in Riggan’s dressing room.)
Beverages
Pub pints of beer – Frequently consumed in pub scenes in The Imitation Game and The Theory of Everything.
Starter
Pizza – from Andrew and Nicole’s pizza date in Whiplash.
Hummus – Chris Kyle and his buddies share a family meal at the Iraqi home of the guy hiding a cache of arms in American Sniper. (With so many excellent recent movies set in the Middle East, we’ve had Hummus before along with Kabob Koubideh, Khoresh Ghormeh and Fatayer bi Sabanekh.)
Graduation party appetizers – from Boyhood , a movie with MANY unforgettable scenes (lots of family dining, snacks and the diner scene), but with pretty unmemorable food choices. We thought that tortilla chips with a five layer bean and guacamole dip would fit with this Texas graduation party.
Main Course
Fried chicken and fixins – requested by the appreciative Southern Christian Leadership Conference team upon their arrival at their hostess’ home in Selma.
Dessert
Courtesan au chocolate – the elaborate filled pastry smuggled to Gustave (Ray Fiennes) in The Grand Budapest Hotel.
On my Oscar Dinner page, you can see past menus and some photos of past Oscar Dinners, including the famous Severed Hand Ice Sculpture for 127 Hours and Winter’s Bone.