FFR 225: The Menu with Soleil Ho

Our “Eat the Rich” mini-series concludes with a high-concept final course and an exciting special guest. Soleil Ho—writer, podcaster, and San Francisco Chronicle restaurant critic—joins our discussion of Mark Mylod’s 2022 comedy thriller The Menu, starring Anya Taylor-Joy, Ralph Fiennes, and Hong Chau.

Links Mentioned:

• The willow’s inn article: “The Island Is Idyllic. As a Workplace, It’s Toxic.”
• Harvest of shame from 1960: https://youtu.be/yJTVF_dya7E

Time Stamps:

43:45 - What’s your Freq Out?

• Soleil on the novel Nona the Ninth by Tamsyn Muit
• Anita on the novel Under the Whispering Door by TJ Klune
• Kat on the film Ikiru (1952) directed by Akira Kurosawa

Find Soleil:

• https://soleilho.com
• twitter.com/hooleil
• https://www.sfchronicle.com/author/soleil-ho/

Find Anita:

• twitter.com/anitasarkeesian

Find Kat:

• twitter.com/kat_ex_machina

Find Us:

• Join our Patreon
• Our Website
• Subscribe to FFR on Apple Podcasts
• Twitter
• Instagram
• twitch.tv/femfreq