#wine pairing

IRON LUNG

Course 1: Blood Ocean

(served when we first see Simon on screen)

To drink: a pure varietal red Grenache, which should be close to a true blood-red color

To eat: a chicken curry with plenty of spices and paprika, this is going to go well with the Grenache because the chicken is not a super dark protein, and so it won’t taste too strong compared to the less-intense wine, but the spices should really compliment it. I haven’t had a lot of grenache so take this with a grain of salt BUT I’m very confident in the spices thing.

Course 2:

(Served when Simon wakes up after the skeleton incident)

To drink: a classic vodka martini served in a small glass jar with a red olive stuffed with Calabrian chili as a garnish. This should look like an evil red eye and be a nod to the jar of rubbing alcohol he knocks back.

To eat: oysters with a red onion mignonette. this will be a very sour sauce on an already salty oyster, which will add the missing flavor pieces to the botanical and spicy cocktail and garnish. plus it should be a fitting and attractive pinkish red, and should remind you of the eel.

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PROJECT HAIL MARY

Course 3: Petrova

(Served when we see Grace alone in his classroom before we meet Stratt)

To drink: a small Moscow mule in the traditional copper mug. I don’t have much of an explanation for this, other than that it’s a vodka cocktail and a nod to Ilyukhina who supplied Ryland with the vodka

To eat: a rich and spicy pork al pastor burrito bowl, as a nod to Grace’s burritos from the book. I like spicy things with my mules so that’s why I’ve chosen that.

Course 4: Amaze!

(served when Rocky comes onto the ship)

To drink: a medium bodied pinot noir from Sonoma (let me be a snob here please I promise it won’t happen again). This is mainly to go with the food which I really wanted to add, but the fruitiness of nice Sonoma pinot noirs is going to go so well with a really rich broth just trust me on this.

To eat: thick and rich beef ramen with mushrooms, bean sprouts, black garlic and a soft boiled egg. should line up with the ramen/eating scene in the movie which I find hilarious.

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DEBRIEF/NON-OPTIONAL BLOODYMARY POWERPOINT

Course 5: Bloody Mary

To drink: a Bloody Mary. Obviously, hehe. Add some Crystal hot sauce to that bad boy and the same vodka used for the martini and the mule for consistency.

To eat: a kimchi burger slider (kimchi, burger patty, over medium egg, small brioche bun, crystal hot sauce). Reference to the meburgers from the book.

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