Have Dental Floss, Will Travel

Well, the 2011 Oscars have come and gone, and I must say, I thought Sunday’s show was a little bit underwhelming.

Anne Hathaway tried but still felt pretty flat and James Franco, well, didn’t seem to be trying.  And as excited as I was that the King’s Speech got its dues, in reality, I thought almost all of the winners could have been predicted months ago.

Thankfully, we had a house full of friends to keep us otherwise entertained.  And with those friends came food – lots of lots of glorious filmic-themed food!

There were Chocolate Squirrels, a la Winter’s Bone…

Strawberry Rhubarb Cheater’s Pie, from The Kids Are All Right…

Seven Layer Dip (Inception)

Chocolate Mr. Potato Heads – with candy faces (Toy Story III)

(Severed) Hummus Hands (two of them, in fact, with varying lengths of tendon and bone sticking out of the wrist, because husband and wife couldn’t decide between Winter’s Bone and 127 Hours)

Black Swan Cupcakes (white cake with chocolate ganache filling and topped with vanilla frosting and black sugar)

True Grits, which paired nicely with the Vegetarian True Grit Chili.

“Like” Cookies (seriously, they were shaped and painted as the facebook “like” and “thumbs up” buttons – Social Network)

Chicken and Seitan Wings (dismembered from the chicken (and seitan?), of course – 127 Hours)

I put together a candy buffet, with something from each of the best picture nominees – my favorite was the Chocolate with a Kick (three types of chocolate, three levels of kick – sea salt, ginger, and chili pepper), in honor of Inception.

And the winner, by a narrow margin, Inception Cake - a cheesecake with an ice cream cake inside.

I love my creative friends.

So what did the winner get for their efforts?

Their very own copy of Chocolat, of course.