AFI Dallas International Film Festival - ‘FOOD FIGHT’

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(USA, 2008, 100 mins)

Directed By: Chris Taylor

In the ’60s, a revolution began--a political and culinary revolution. For years, America’s industrial food suppliers relied more on convenience than taste and nutrition. Taxpayers funded this unhealthy food policy, which made Americans overweight and lead to an increase in diseases, such as diabetes.

“Eighty-five percent of cooking is finding the ingredients.” Those words spoken by Chez Panisse founder Alice Waters over 30 years ago sparked an organic food movement that we still enjoy today. Alice set out to find food with taste, and in that process she found that growing organic was the only way to go. She has not only inspired some of the greatest chefs in the world but also created a community of organic farmers and suppliers.

Chris Taylor’s brilliant and insightful documentary is fascinating look at the beginnings of California cuisine and the food activists who returned taste, nutrition and pleasure to our plates.

Information from the AFI website

Some nearby drink specials on April 6th

• Hook Line and Sinker: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1.75 domestics, $2.75 imports
• Uptown Bar & Grill: 7 pm - 2 am: $3 Bloody Mary's
• Phases: 12 pm - 9 pm: $2.50 domestic bottles, $2.50 wells
• Steel Restaurant and Lounge: 5:30 pm - 10 pm: 1/2 off bottles of wine
• The Fish: 5 pm - 11 pm: $3 large hot sake, $2 drafts, $3 you call it, $4 house wine; $3 hot edamame, $3 California, Spicy Tuna and Philly Rolls, $3 Chicken Kushiyaki and $3 Beef Kushiyaki

Some nearby restaurants

• S & D Oyster Company
• Szechuan Chinese Restaurant
• Frankie's Sports Bar and Grill
• The Bronx Restaurant
• Cyclone Anaya's Mexican Kitchen (Dallas)

Some nearby events on April 6th

• The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Dallas Theater Center, 2 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Lifted', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 5 p.m.
• Whodunnit Previews, Theatre Three, 7:30 p.m.
• PCPC Arts Festival, Gables Villa Rosa, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Bigger, Stronger, Faster*', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 4:30 p.m.

Event posted March 11, 2008
Last updated March 11, 2008