Cry Baby: Taters, Tears, & Teen Rebellion (#111)
Our February film this year was Cry Baby. This campy satire comedy pokes fun at the 50's style films where a good girl falls in love with a bad boy. This film didn't have any big food scenes so I based dinner on a scene early on in the movie when one of the teenager's moms tells her that they're having her favorite dinner that night: potatoes au gratin. Of course, I had to give it my own twist, which I explain in the recipe below. For dessert, I made a classic cookie from that era known as cry baby cookies. Some people suspect that the cookie may have inspired the name of the movie, but I don't think that has ever been confirmed. 50's Mom Inspired Potatoes Au Gratin Casserole As I started researching potatoes au gratin, it became pretty clear that it wouldn't work well as a main course. Not in it's original state anyway. Potatoes au gratin is a french dish similar to scalloped potatoes that is typically a side to a meat course. Based on this one short...




