Sexiest food scenes on film

[FunJohnny]

Last Tango In Paris.  'nuff said.  Unless to ask....  was it Plugra?

I was reminded of the motto printed on the little pats of butter we had in my college cafeteria, "It's better with Butter!"

Edited July 15, 2004 by FunJohnny (log)

[McDuff]

The scene in Austin Powers where Fat Bastard is munching a turkey leg while Heather Graham shoves a gps unit up his backside.

[Bux]

i remember a movie (but not the name) with a fisherman his wife, and some hustler i think.  anyway the hustler starts sleeping with the wife and there's lots of caressing of fish filets.  (reminiscent of your article GG).   in any case, i'm pretty sure it was an american movie.

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea ???

nope - it was an early to mid-90s flick actually. i can't for the life of me remember who was in it tho.

I believe the wife was played by Maria Conchita Alonzo. As for the men, I guess I didn't pay that much attention. My recollection was that it wasn't so much a hustler as a young guy who sort of got unofficially adopted by the husband who was teaching him the business and the wife.

[Bux]

Sexiest from recent memory is the passing of an unbroken egg yolk from mouth to mouth in Tampopo.  From the same movie, the intriguingly deviant upturned bowl of live, vigorously wriggling tiger prawns and liquor (cognac?) on the woman's belly.     

I believe that the liquor is sake, and that the shimp are meant to die from alcohol poisoning and then be eaten sashimi-style with the ingestested sake flavoring them.

I would assume, from having a similar dish with prawns in Tokyo, in less stimulating circumstances, the shrimp are meant to be anesthetized and to be eaten live as well as raw, but motionless. Should you be offered this dish, eat quickly as the anesthetic wears off in time.

[tryska]

i remember a movie (but not the name) with a fisherman his wife, and some hustler i think.  anyway the hustler starts sleeping with the wife and there's lots of caressing of fish filets.  (reminiscent of your article GG).   in any case, i'm pretty sure it was an american movie.

The Sailor Who Fell from Grace with the Sea ???

nope - it was an early to mid-90s flick actually. i can't for the life of me remember who was in it tho.

I believe the wife was played by Maria Conchita Alonzo. As for the men, I guess I didn't pay that much attention. My recollection was that it wasn't so much a hustler as a young guy who sort of got unofficially adopted by the husband who was teaching him the business and the wife.

nice work Bux! it was maria conchita alonzo. her husband was edward james olmos - so yeah, easily forgettable in the role. the movie was Caught.

i just found this out the other day. and it was actually kinkier than i remember.

(btw - do NOT google fish-fondling)

[GG Mora]

Sexiest or most sensual? Big diff. Yeah, there are all those delightful soft-focus slow-moving caress-and-savor-the-food scenes. But does anyone else recall the scene in the remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in which Jack Nicholson's character nails Jessica Lange's on the kitchen table, flour and bread dough be damned? Now that raised some goose-flesh.

[Alex]

... in which Jack Nicholson's character nails Jessica Lange's on the kitchen table, flour and bread dough be damned? Now that raised some goose-flesh. 

Ditto a similar scene in Bull Durham, except with more laughs and less goose-flesh.

[dls]

did anyone say 91/2 weeks?  thats pretty damned steamy too!!!!

xo

9 1/2 weeks is, to my mind, the hands down winner. Combine Mickey Rourke with Kim Basinger in a NYC apartment permeated with lust. Add strawberries, chocolate syrup, whipped cream and, ice cubes. Mix well with blindfolds, whips and, handcuffs. Finish with a soundtrack which includes Devo's "Bread and Butter" and Joe Cocker's "You Can Leave Your Hat On".

What could possibly be better?

[tryska]

i thought 91/2 weeks was kinda lame myself. but then again, i'm all for subtelty so maybe it was too obvious.

[dls]

i thought 91/2 weeks was kinda lame myself. but then again, i'm all for subtelty so maybe it was too obvious.

I agree. I thought it was lame also. In fact, I thought it was humorous. However, I was responding to the subject of the original post - sex - food - film. Not my personal preferences in movies or relationships.

Now that I really think about this subject, there has to be some great material in the "classic" John Waters / Divine films. If I recall correctly, there was an interesting banana scene in Pink Flamingo.

[Gifted Gourmet]

I just found this on an article about Hershey's Kisses on junkfoodnews.com

These were selected as the best, most passionate, screen kisses of all time:

1. Clark Gable and Vivien Leigh in "Gone With the Wind"

2. Omar Sharif and Julie Christie in "Doctor Zhivago"

3. Humphrey Bogart and Ingrid Bergman in "Casablanca"

4. Humphrey Bogart and Audrey Hepburn in "Sabrina"

5. Rock Hudson and Doris Day in "Pillow Talk"

6. Molly Ringwald and Justin Henry in "Sixteen Candles"

7. Elizabeth Taylor and Montgomery Clift in "A Place in the Sun"

8. Judd Nelson and Molly Ringwald in "Breakfast Club"

9. Gene Kelly and Debbie Reynolds in "Singing in the Rain"

10. Winona Ryder and Ethan Hawke in "Reality Bites"

While this thread is about sexy film scenes involving food, this might just work if Hershey's sponsors it ... surely there was something to eat involved in perhaps one, or more, of these kisses ... rebuttal or confirmation?

[tryska]

does flinging olive loaf at statues count? (had nothing to do with the breakfast club kiss tho). sushi? corn pops? pixie stix? actually breakfast lcub had quite a bit of food in it now that i think aobut it....

[petite tête de chou]

Raiders of the Lost Ark- When a captured Marion is finally untied, Belloq offers her potatoes, bread and booze. Pissed off and indignant, she shovels the simple fare into her mouth... she made it look oh-so-good!

[malarkey]

Raiders of the Lost Ark- When a captured Marion is finally untied, Belloq offers her potatoes, bread and booze. Pissed off and indignant, she shovels the simple fare into her mouth... she made it look oh-so-good!

then she proceeds to drink him under the table. I love that scene.

I love the whole scene in Babbet's Feast where she's preparing the meal. Its very sensual, but not really sexual. Tampopo of course, but that is humorous erotica really. Isn't the rose petal dish in LWFC done with quail and not chicken? The book is even better on that one.

[Pickles]

does flinging olive loaf at statues count?

How about Naven Johnson's "sexy" biker chick in The Jerk:

Biker: "Gimme a bite of your corn dog !!"

Neven: " What about germs??"

Biker: "Put a rubber on it !"

And some might find John Balushi sucking all that jello off the plate in one fell swoop in Animal House very sexy.

[Nicola Kountoupes]

Sexiest or most sensual? Big diff. Yeah, there are all those delightful soft-focus slow-moving caress-and-savor-the-food scenes. But does anyone else recall the scene in the remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in which Jack Nicholson's character nails Jessica Lange's on the kitchen table, flour and bread dough be damned? Now that raised some goose-flesh. 

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oh yeah. I felt, almost shy or embarasesed, like I wasn't supposed to see that view/angle of what was going on there...I could feel myself blushing, as I did with the teenage oyster diver and the older man scene in Tampopo...whew! so scandelous but not really. one is unbridled yet controlled, the other contained, yet simmering over the top.

[annecros]

Spring is in the air, and a foodies mind naturally turns to sex...and food.

Chocolate with Johnny Depp is my favorite.

[minichef]

what about sally? screaming and groaning in the diner? Not so sexy.... but very very funny.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zf82iXrZaxs

[Henry dV]

Sexiest or most sensual? Big diff. Yeah, there are all those delightful soft-focus slow-moving caress-and-savor-the-food scenes. But does anyone else recall the scene in the remake of "The Postman Always Rings Twice" in which Jack Nicholson's character nails Jessica Lange's on the kitchen table, flour and bread dough be damned? Now that raised some goose-flesh. 

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Absolutely right, but it raised more than goose flesh

[petite tête de chou]

Most of the Hepburn-Tracy films had wonderful bits of food scenes. The sexiest? Woman of the Year. A passionate kiss in silhouette, fever broken with a suggestion of a "nice cold glass of milk." Gorgeous.

[TJHarris]

I hate to bring up a film that featured Rosie O'Donnel in a leather bustier but... Exit to Eden had a scene featuring Dana Delany's bossum, a stick of butter, cinnamon and a croissant. Very, very, very HOT!

Edited July 3, 2007 by TJHarris (log)

[dockhl]

(btw - do NOT google fish-fondling)

dammit~

Now I HAVE to !