is the antidote to distracted viewing. It forces you to put down your phone, to feel the weight of the silverware, to smell the rosemary, and to listen to the score. It re-sacralizes the cinema. It reminds us that a great film fills the heart, but great food fills the soul—and when combined, they create a memory that lasts longer than the runtime.
By James R. Huntington | Culinary & Culture Editor luxmovies.food
Furthermore, the "Edible Credits" are becoming a trend. As the scroll begins, a trolley arrives with a platter of petits fours—each one shaped like a job title in the film crew (a chocolate clapperboard, a marzipan lens, a macaron walkie-talkie). Is luxmovies.food just a gimmick for the rich? In part, yes. But it is also a statement about the death of passive consumption. We no longer want to watch a beautiful plate of food on a screen; we want to taste the context. is the antidote to distracted viewing