FILM THE HELP (USA, 2011)
The Help is a comedy-drama film, based on Kathryn Stockett's best-selling novel. The film is an ensemble piece about a young white woman, Eugenia "Skeeter" Phelan, and her relationship with two black maids during Civil Rights era America in the early 1960s. Skeeter is a journalist who decides to write a controversial book from the point of view of the maids (known as the Help), exposing the racism they are faced with as they work for white families.
Scene: As revenge for firing her and accusing her of stealing, Minny bakes a chocolate pie and delivers it to Hilly. After Hilly has finished two slices, Minny, the help, informs her about the 'special' ingredient she's added to the pie.
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For foodies, 'The Help' is a real feast for the eyes, especially for Southern American Food lovers. In Food & Wine magazine, the Southern cuisine from “The Help” is lovely featured: "Southern food never looked more delicious than it does in The Help"
"What's unusual is that almost all the food in the movie was made by real Southern cooks - including teachers, a journalist and a cafeteria manager - recruited in Greenwood, Mississippi. Hollywood filmmakers typically work with caterers and food stylists, but director Tate Taylor, a Jackson native, wanted authenticity. "There's a way we cook in the South; vegetables get a certain color to them," he says. "That gets lost a lot of times, unless the right people make the food."
Read the full article: The Help: Southern Food at Food & Wine magazine, along with several recipes from the 'cooks' who prepared the food for The Help. (Including Minny's chocolate pie minus one ingredient).
Scene: As revenge for firing her and accusing her of stealing, Minny bakes a chocolate pie and delivers it to Hilly. After Hilly has finished two slices, Minny, the help, informs her about the 'special' ingredient she's added to the pie.
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Real Southern Food on Screen
"What's unusual is that almost all the food in the movie was made by real Southern cooks - including teachers, a journalist and a cafeteria manager - recruited in Greenwood, Mississippi. Hollywood filmmakers typically work with caterers and food stylists, but director Tate Taylor, a Jackson native, wanted authenticity. "There's a way we cook in the South; vegetables get a certain color to them," he says. "That gets lost a lot of times, unless the right people make the food."
Read the full article: The Help: Southern Food at Food & Wine magazine, along with several recipes from the 'cooks' who prepared the food for The Help. (Including Minny's chocolate pie minus one ingredient).
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