Food & Film

Food & Drink Ideas for Your Oscars Party (2026 Edition)

A last-minute cheat sheet of bites and libations to pair with this year's nominees.

Mar 14 • Andrew Truong

How to Make a Turduckenstein

My recipe for a Frankensteined combination of roasted duck, chicken, and turkey.

Mar 13 • Andrew Truong

10 Courses, 10 Films, 38 Guests: The 2026 Oscars Dinner Party

An extensive recap of my cinematic feast, from Brazilian cheese bread to a redwood-inspired cake, with plenty of caviar bumps in between.

Mar 12 • Andrew Truong

NYFF Dispatch 5: Deliver Me From Mediocrity

After the Hunt, Deliver the Anemone From Nowhere.

Oct 6, 2025 • Andrew Truong

NYFF Dispatch 3: One Movie After Another

One Kontinental Battle For the Road.

Sep 28, 2025 • Andrew Truong

NYFF Dispatch 2: Andrew Truong’s Day

Back in Peter Hujar’s Day, Magellan captained the Rose of Nevada on a journey across the Sirāt bridge, with a stowaway Secret Agent.

Sep 24, 2025 • Andrew Truong

NYFF Dispatch 1: The Pre-Festival Begins

No Other Choice but to stan The Mastermind who achieved Late Fame by performing Miroirs No. 3.

Sep 21, 2025 • Andrew Truong

Materialists Schemes and Phoenician Cuisines

Freeform thoughts on early summer movies, feat. Materialists, The Phoenician Scheme, Mission: Impossible, Elio, and Sorry, Baby.

Jul 3, 2025 • Andrew Truong

You Can Comté On Me

Reviews of Holy Cow and The Ballad of Wallis Island, two charming movies set in rural locales. Wine and cheese and movie pairing enclosed!

Mar 28, 2025 • Andrew Truong

The 2025 Oscars Dinner Party Recap: Epilogue

Wrapping up my ten-course Oscars dinner party… with dessert!! A Brutalist crême brulée and a Wicked good cake to close out the night.

Mar 14, 2025 • Andrew Truong

The 2025 Oscars Dinner Party Recap: Act Two

Continuing the rundown of my ten-course Oscars dinner party, from papal tortellini to an Emilia Pérez-inspired cheese board.

Mar 9, 2025 • Andrew Truong

The 2025 Oscars Dinner Party Recap: Act One

First part of my rundown of a ten-course dinner, themed to the Best Picture nominees. From Bob Dylan bar snacks to the infamous prawns from The…

Mar 6, 2025 • Andrew Truong

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