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Food'N'Flix: Holiday Hijinx Ramen

Elizabeth from  The Law Student's Cookbook  is hosting  Food'N'Flix  this month. And her pick - Elf  - is one that completely escaped my radar. So, when I saw her invitation  here and heard it mentioned on NPR as a top holiday movie, I knew I had to see it. Finally. On the Screen If you haven't seen it, do. It's fun. Just imagine a human raised by elves - North Pole elves, not Lord of the Rings elves - who goes to New York to find his biological father who has no idea he exists. Oh, and add to that Will Ferrell, James Caan, and Zooey Deschanel and hilarity ensues. I was tempted to create something with the Elf Food Groups - candy, candy corn, candy canes, and syrup - but my teeth ached just thinking about that. I thought about spaghetti and meatballs, minus the maple syrup, but that's a already household staple. So, I went a different direction. The bowl of soup that Jovie (played by Zooey Deschanel) is eating when she sees Buddy (Will Ferrell) o...