280: No Reservations




Abigail Breslin is back, younger and no living on an island. Instead she is an orphaned niece of Kate who is an executive chef of a very nice French restaurant. Anything to do with cooking and I am all over it. To watch different foods be made and to see the passion when Kate and Nick cook....it is the same for me. Even though Nick can get a little over the top and carried away in the passion. I love to cook and work in a restaurant. So watching this is very relaxing to me. The fact that they had the episode of Unwrapped that was based on this movie as the special feature was pretty cool to see and watch.

When Kate and Zoe were having hard times with the loss of a mother/sister, it did bring to mind my grandma. She loved to cook just as much and would teach us how to make her famous recipes, especially ones from Germany. When Zoe said that she didn't want to forget or was worried she would forget her mother, it was definitely something I had worried about and sometimes still do. It's hard when someone passes away at a young age and you feel like there are many missed moments, or you might forget their face or their laugh. I think that is one thing that I won't even forget is her laugh and how her face lit up when she laughed.

It helps what Zoe does though, looking at the old photos, watching home videos, looking at the things that were made or given. Mementos. It is okay to live in the moment and have fun and live life, but it is also okay to be sad and remember. In the end, Zoe and Kate try not to feel guilty with moving on and became a family unit with Nick. Even owning their own restaurant with all three of their names!

Tori M.

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