Foods Made Famous

[D'Snowth]

http://specials.msn.com/a-list/delish/famous-foods-from-tv-and-film-ss-1

What, Cookie Monster didn't make cookies famous? Bert didn't make oatmeal famous? I swear I heard that they were going to stop making Wensleydale cheese because nobody ate it until Wallace and Gromit came along.

 

[Drtooth]

And there was a Japanese restaurant chain that almost went under until they mentioned it obsessively in my favorite manga. Not the anime, of course... but they gave the authors golden bowls and a lifetime of free meals for having Kinnikuman mention it a bunch of times...

They even kept using the commercial's jingle in the manga

For a more banal and better known reference... who else only eats Spinach because of the Sailor Man?

 

[mr3urious]

The titular dish in Ratatouille is actually a variation called "confit byaldi", one big difference being that the vegetables are baked instead of fried.

I've heard that The Sopranos helped bring the cured meat capicola (or "gabagool" as Tony pronounced it) into greater prominence.

 

[fuzzygobo]

And thanks to Jerry Seinfeld and company for showcasing chocolate babka, Jewish rye bread, and eating a Snickers bar with a knife and fork.