Enjoy some of Herr Mendl's Courtesans au chocolat on Oscar Night! Photo: Fox Searchlight Pictures |
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Spicy Birdman drumsticks and no-nonsense Whiplash drumsticks |
Birdman and Whiplash – A medley of drumsticks
Birdman and Whiplash bring a
rat-a-tat-tat to the party with their intense drumming, and the debate still
wages whether Birdman drums are
better than Whiplash drums. (They
are!) Fuel the debate with duelling drumsticks.
Honour Antonio Sanchez’s electrifying all drum
score and pay a nod to Birdman’s
theatrical roots with some Manhattan
Northern Fried Chicken, and bring the bird to the party with a little
chicken. Whiplash’s drumsticks,
however, should be good and bloody. (Metaphorically bloody... real chicken
blood makes you sick.) Honour J.K. Simmons’ soon-to-be Oscar winning turn as
Fletcher with some bald and no-nonsense chicken drumsticks: just a little
crusty, like the ornery man himself. Whiplash
drumsticks should be moderately overhyped. (Hat tip to Mary for coming up with the idea for Whiplash drumsticks!)
Jane: If the world were all potatoes, then, easy: you could trace a precise beginning as Stephen once did. A moment of creation. Hallelujah, God lives.If you incorporate peas into the menu, then it all goes...Stephen: Tits up!
Send your party tits up by making a big
bang with peas and potatoes. Mix ’em in a bowl and create a new kind of chaos.
Add a God particle (ie: bacon) to make things extra wild.
Survive the award season grind on the
Cheryl Strayed diet. “Cold mush is good!” Impress your guest with a huge spread
of cold mush: cold mush, cold mush with almonds, cold mush with tuna jerky, and
some soul-stirring hot mush. Top it all off with some SnappleTM
lemonade as a reward for your hard work.
Hold the cold mush shit.
Selma – Buttermilk biscuits
An Oscar watcher needs to carbo-load before
the big march down the red carpet, and the best way to honour Ava DuVernay’s
powerful Selma is to bring some Southern
cooking that Dr. King and his team enjoys at a brunch upon their arrival in Selma. Some grits would be mighty fine,
but some buttermilk
biscuits like those passed around the table are the best bet to last through the
course of the night. (And they travel super easy!)
American Sniper – A Meat Baby
So fake.
And so very American.
(via This is
Why You’re Fat)
The Grand Budapest Hotel – Courtesan au chocolat
The
exact recipe for the Courtesan au chocolat has never been published
or publicly disclosed as per the conditions of Herr Mendl's will. However, the
following has been collated and adapted from a several "pirate"
sources in the Nebelsbad archives (including a 1963 recipe from the kitchen of
the Grand Budapest Hotel using powdered eggs that was printed in the Lutz Daily Fact).
One could be super Alan Turning-y awkward
and bring a bag of apples to the party, but asking your friends “how they like
them apples” is so Oscar Party 1997. Instead, impress your friends with the bit
of trivia that Alan Turing committed suicide by
poison and died with an apple by his side. (The apple itself was never
tested.) Toast to the legacy of The
Imitation Game’s unsung hero with a new twist on Mr. Turing’s token of
friendship:
Recipe:
1 oz sour apple schnapps
1.5 oz apple vodka
1 oz cranberry juice (or just a few drops
of red dye... who are we kidding?)
Shake with lots of ice, pour into a glass, and
garnish with an apple slice and a cinnamon stick.
The twelve year thing isn’t just a gimmick.
It’s a tried and tested method of creating art through the aging process. Toast
the twelve years of Mason and his mom with some good old scotch, which provides
a nice, strong finish as Boyhood
heads into the Best Picture race.
The Music
Finally, every good party needs a playlist.
2014 isn’t as musically inclined as last year’s party was, but music chat about
your favourite nominees and, better yet, use some of 2014’s best music moments
to give a shout out to the unsung movies that aren’t at the Oscars. Have an
epic lip sync à la The Skeleton Twins. Settle
the debate between Birdman drums and Whiplash drums by listening to themes
from both films (and tap along with your drumsticks!). See which of your party
guest can endure another turn of “Everything is Awesome.” Play spot the Best
Song nominee and, better yet, use this chance to debate the winner. Will the
Glen Campbell song really score an upset over “Glory”?
Oscar Party Playlist
1. “El Condor Pasa” from Wild
2. “Lost Stars” from Begin Again*
3.“Family of the Year” from Boyhood
4. “Grateful” from Beyond the Lights*
5. “Whiplash” from Whiplash
6. “Fire Trail” from Birdman
7. “I’m Not Gonna Miss You” from Glen Campbell: I’ll Be Me*
8. “Miracles” from Unbroken
9. “Stay with Me” from Into the Woods
10. “The Boxtrolls Song” from The Boxtrolls
11. “Where No One Goes” from How to Train Your Dragon 2
12. “Everything is AWESOME!” from The Lego Movie*
13. “(Don’t Fear) The Reaper” from Gone Girl
14. “The Hanging Tree” from The Hunger Games: Mockingjay Pt. 1
15. “Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now” from The Skeleton Twins
16. “Colourblind” from Mommy
17. “America for Me” from A Most Violent Year
18. “La nuit n’en finit plus” from Two Days, One Night
19. “Glory” from Selma*
*Indicates a Best Song nominee
*Indicates a Best Song nominee
What’s lined up for your Oscar party?
Any Oscar noms you recommend?
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