This recipe is easy to modify to include veggies on hand. can of fire roasted diced tomatoes and it was really good.Īfter reading reviews, I added extra herbs and some kalamata olives. Actually I just remembered that I didn't have fresh tomatoes so I used a 14 oz. It was excellent as written but is of course the kind of recipe that can be worked with what's at hand. Just made this this evening as written except that I did each step when they looked ready rather than adhering to suggested times (that would have taken too long). I've sometimes added mushrooms along with zucchini and red pepper, and once or twice I've thrown in a splash of red wine. Once the pot is fully stirred and seasoned, then, the end result is a simple dish, but one that may well deserve to be considered as a first course, leaving all the seconds and thirds for another day.This is my go-to recipe. On top of that is the positive story garnish of giving respect (and credit) to others, working hard and not giving up on your dreams, sticking together as a family, admitting when you’re wrong and making right choices even in the face of possible negative ramifications. But its animated presentation is appealing and its furry epicurean delightful. It has one too many shotgun-wielding grannies and that distasteful bit concerning Linguini’s questionable parentage (a character who tended to grate on me like a lemon zester, anyway). Ratatouille probably won’t be placed atop the menu with some of Pixar’s other savory classics, such as Toy Story or Finding Nemo.
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Will a first-round animated flick about a French rat in Paris be worth anyone’s notice, then? Especially given the fact that it wasn’t long ago this particular Pixar picture was in such trouble that they had to bring in director Brad Bird to try to patch things up? Bird’s past creations have been both unique and popular (The Incredibles, The Iron Giant), but there was still some doubt in my mind walking into an early screening of Ratatouille whether he could bring that same, shall we say, savoir faire to a movie that wasn’t his own brainchild. So far, the summer of 2007 has served up mostly second and third helpings of big-name franchise sequels (Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer, Spider-Man 3, Shrek the Third, Pirates of the Caribbean: At Worlds End). Moviegoers feast each summer on a banquet of blockbusters. Dad then decides to call in all the rats to help his son, saying, “We are family.” By the end of the movie, all the central characters agree to make upright choices, even though they recognize that it will mean losing something they value greatly.Ī man enjoying a good meal has a flashback to the days of his childhood he recalls how his mother prepared a special dish for him that was simple but filled with love. The two go their separate ways with the issue unresolved, but later Remy’s father admits he was wrong when he sees his son’s achievements and watches him receive the respect he deserves. Good also eventually comes of Remy’s father chiding his son for pursuing un-rat-like dreams.
And when Remy finds himself betrayed by a friend and decides to get even by allowing his rat friends to steal from the restaurant, his choice is met with harsh consequences. You are not a thief.” In fact, the message that stealing is wrong is repeated several times.
Gusteau encourages the fricasseeing rodent to work for his dream: “Why not here? Why not now?” Gusteau admonishes Remy to do the right thing instead of stealing food like his rat brethren: “A cook makes. Remy imagines a miniature chef Gusteau who pops up whenever the little rat needs a nudge from his conscience. And a famous food critic decides to separate the mice from the men. And Remy’s multitudinous clan shows up wanting an all-you-can-eat buffet. Linguini even catches the eye of the kitchen’s only female chef, Colette.īut their splendid soufflé begins to fall when the restaurant’s head chef smells, well, a rat. Together, the unlikely duo make a fine team. But, like Remy, Linguini also has a problem. The young man desperately wants to keep his job. In the restaurant, Remy narrowly avoids destruction and, by happenstance, ends up befriending Linguini, a clumsy kitchen boy. So he crawls out of the sewer and into the restaurant of the famous chef August Gusteau (the author of Remy’s favorite book, Anyone Can Cook). His family members are content to scavenge and steal any tidbit of garbage they can find, but when Remy is accidentally separated from them he realizes that he needs to seek a higher path. A Parisian rat with a heightened sense of smell, a discerning palate and a natural skill in the culinary arts … but, still a rat. He’s enthralled, consumed, obsessed with the idea of someday becoming a great chef.