Source: Wikipedia. Commentary (films not included). Pages: 35. Chapters: Cooking films, Wine-related films, Ratatouille, Julie & Julia, Sideways, Babette's Feast, This Earth Is Mine, A Good Year, Fast Food Nation, Like Water for Chocolate, Waitress, No Reservations, Mondovino, Pieces of April, Bottle Shock, The God of Cookery, The Ramen Girl, Simply Irresistible, Autumn Tale, Big Night, Woman on Top, Who Is Killing the Great Chefs of Europe?, Mostly Martha, The Chinese Feast, Kung Fu Chefs, Vatel, Dinner Rush, Tampopo, Eat Drink Man Woman, La Grande Bouffe, Cooking with Stella, Tsukiji Uogashi Sandaime, Le Grand Chef, Year of the Comet, Just Desserts, A State of Vine, Blood Into Wine, At Sachem Farm. Excerpt: Ratatouille (French pronunciation: , English: ) is a 2007 American computer-animated film produced by Pixar Animation Studios and distributed by Walt Disney Pictures. The film was the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005. The title refers to a French dish (Ratatouille) which is served in the film, and is also a play on words about the species of the main character. The plot follows Remy, a rat who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy. Ratatouille was released on June 29, 2007 in the United States, to both critical acclaim and box office success, and later won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, among other honors. Remy is a rat gifted with a highly developed sense of smell. Inspired by his idol, the recently deceased chef Auguste Gusteau, Remy's dream is to be a chef. However, he is tasked to sniff out rat poison for his clan. When the clan is forced to abandon its home, Remy is separated and ends up in the sewers of Paris. Remy has hallucinations of Gusteau and takes his advice before finding himself at the skylight overlooking the kitchen of Gusteau's restaurant. As Remy watches, Alfredo Linguini, a son of Gusteau's "old flame, " is hired as a garbage boy by Skinner, the restaurant's current owner and Gusteau's former sous-chef. When Linguini spills a pot of soup and attempts to recreate it, Remy inadvertently falls into the kitchen and corrects the soup. He is caught by Linguini at the same time that Skinner catches Linguini near the soup. While arguing, the soup is served and found to be a success, misattributed to Linguini. Colette Tatou, the staff's only female chef, convinces Skinner to retain Linguini. Linguini takes Remy home, realizing he is the "little chef" behind the soup. Remy discovers that he can control Linguini's movements by pulling on his hair.Remy and Linguini find a means to overcome the inab