Book to Academy Award Nominated Film

Did you know that 6 of the 9 Best Picture nominees were adapted from books? How many of you saw the movie, read the book or both?

• The Descendants, by Kaui Hart Hemmings
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close by Jonathan Safran Foer
• The Invention of Hugo Cabret by Brian Selznick
• The Help by Kathryn Stockett
• Moneyball by Michael Lewis
  
• War Horse by Michael Morpurgo

My Annual Oscar Party was fantastic, a PJ party with "Hugh Hefner" serving cocktails, trivia, contests and lots of laughs. The food was movie themed and guests brought favorites, here are a few of the dishes we shared:

• Cheesy grits with shrimp-inspired by The Help
• Macaroons-inspired by Midnight in Paris and Hugo
• Chocolate covered espresso beans and popcorn with the $ symbol on them-inspired by Moneyball
• Pineapple and mango salsa-inspired by The Descendants
• Cucumber sandwiches-inspired by The Iron Lady
• Popcorn-inspired of course by The Artist and all the movies
• Lots of cocktails including appletinis-inspired by Bridesmaids

And of course, thanks to Sara, chocolate!