I’m guilty! With all that has been going on this month…21 Day Meditation and Giveaway, I missed A Fork & A Flick Friday this month. Remember that I feature a movie and a complimenting dish the first Friday of each month. So, late but never least, here is this month’s post.
Today our movie is Aloha from 2015, with a star studded cast which received a fare share of criticism for its representation of the Hawaiian culture and casting choices. Despite the controversies surrounding this film, I felt it was a good choice for the summer being that the entire film takes place in tropical Hawaii and I think the subject matter that the film addresses is prevailing considering today’s times.
Bradley Cooper stars as Brian Gilcrest, a defense worker who is also a celebrated military contractor that returns to the site of his greatest career triumphs and teams up with a pilot Captain Allison Ng, played by Emma Stone, to stop a satellite launch with a nuclear payload. I was surprised by the casting choice for Allison Ng like many others, however, she is a super-proud one quarter Hawaiian who is frustrated that, by all outward appearances, she looked nothing like one.
Following a celebrated military career that ended with shady deals in Afghanistan, the now disillusioned Gilcrest is tasked with negotiating a deal with the Hawaiian natives and supporting the launch of a privately- funded satellite. Gilcrest’s mission is complicated by his long-ago love Tracy, played by Rachel McAdams, now married to Woody (John Krasinski) with two children, and the idealistic Air Force watch-dog assigned to him. Captain Allison Ng’s wide-eyed fascination with space reminds him of his own childhood sense of wonder and he finds himself fall for the hard-charging liaison.
Rambunctious Christmas parties and luaus are a given option for meal inspirations from this movie, but the dinner that stands in my mind is the elaborate spread that Tracy prepares for when Gilcrest and Ng have dinner at Tracy’s house, where they get to know her husband and their two children. She did not leave anything out and the table was full, which displayed a beautiful white cake on cake pedestal.
Considering that it was Christmas time in Hawaii, I wanted to include this spirit in my dessert. I’m thinking pineapple, whipped cream and the soft innocence of Angel Food Cake all in a pie to tie into the wholesomeness of Christmas. This Pineapple Angel Food Cake Pie is the easiest thing you will ever make!
Ingredients
16 oz. package of angel food cake mix
20 oz. can crushed pineapple with juice
12 oz. frozen whipped cream thawed
Method
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Grease a deep 10 inch pie dish.
- Combine cake mix and pineapple with juice in a large bowl. Mix until well blended.
- Poor batter into prepared dish and bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let Cool and top with whipped cream.
