Slow Food Park City Food and Film Weekend

A celebration of food and film!

4/11 at 7 PM: A Good Year, Rated PG-13, 118 min. View Trailer. Dinner to follow at Silver Star Cafe.

Hollywood legend Ridley Scott and Academy Award winners Russell Crowe and Marion Cotillard come together for this adaptation of author Peter Mayle’s best-selling novel about a banker who relocates to Provence in hopes of selling a small vineyard he has inherited. After Max arrives to find the vineyard in a crumbling state of disrepair, he decides to stay and devote his life to rebuilding it and living a bucolic existence in the French countryside. The film feels like an idyllic vacation.

Make your way to Silver Star Cafe for a post-film dinner! They have created a special menu just for us that will include local and sustainably produced foods combined into delicious house-made dishes.

Where: Silver Star Cafe, 1825 Three Kings Drive, Park City

When: Immediately following the film

Cost: $45 per person, which includes the movie ticket, dinner, gratuity and tax. Beverage purchases are not included. Reservations are limited to 24 people, must be paid in advance and are not refundable. Buy now

4/12 at 7 PM: Sideways, Rated R, 123 min. View Trailer. Wine tasting to follow film at the Theatre.

Directed by the celebrated Alexander Payne, this delightful character study follows two friends through California wine country. In a last-ditch effort to sow their wild oats, Jack and Miles take off on one final road trip just before Jack’s wedding. Both men have goals for the vacation: Miles wants to turn Jack on to the art of wine tasting, while Jack is concerned with exploiting his last days as a bachelor. When the two men come across two fascinating women, the duo is forced to examine their morality and their maturity.

Pair this fun and interesting wine tasting event with a tasting of gourmet pizzas provided by World Kitchen at The Market at Park City. World Kitchen makes their dough and pizza sauce from scratch, and will be topping our pizzas with locally produced cured meats and cheeses. Pizzas will be delivered hot to the theater just in time for a post-film snack.

Where: Jim Santy Auditorium at the Park City Library

When: Immediately following the film

Cost: $29 per person, which includes the movie ticket, wine tasting, and pizza sampling. Reservations are limited to 30 people, must be paid in advance and are not refundable. Buy now

4/13 at 6 PM: Like Water for Chocolate, Rated R, 105 min. View Trailer. Gourmet bake sale before film.

Based on the best-selling novel by Laura Esquival, this internationally popular romantic fable from Mexico centers on a young woman who discovers that her cooking has magical effects. Bound by tradition to remain unmarried, she embarks on a secret affair, and her sensuality and heartache infuse every dish she prepares. This luscious combination of traditional melodrama and exotic fairy tale became one of the most beloved foreign language films of its time.

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