While New Yorkers might not yet be ready to laugh about rodents in the kitchen – the KFC/Taco Bell bonanza and subsequent Dept. of Health frenzy were a reality check for those who think all commercial kitchens provide sustenance for people only – the upcoming movie Ratatouille reminds us that food and flix make a delicious pairing.

Since we Bullfroggers love food in all its forms, we’ve compiled our favorite food movies in honor of the next one to join the list.

Diner (1982)

A testimony to the role a single eatery can play people’s lives, Diner presents a backdrop against which five young men – played by Steve Guttenberg, Daniel Stern, Mickey Rourke, Kevin Bacon and Tim Daly – try to resist adulthood, but ultimately accept their responsibilities and leave their beloved diner behind.

Babette’s Feast (1987)

Who knew 19th century Denmark could produce such a sumptuous feast?! Based on a novel by Karen Blixen (a.k.a. Isak Dinesen, of “Out of Africa” fame), this is not a movie to see on an empty stomach. The climatic feast of featuring such delicacies as turtle soup, pastry-encased quail, rich sauces and glasses of amontillado, champagne and much more may be one of the greatest culinary moments in movie history.

The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover (1990)

Food, color coding, sex, murder, torture and cannibalism are the exotic fare in this beautifully filmed but brutally uncompromising modern fable. Good times…

Like Water for Chocolate (1992)

Skeptical about the connection between food and sex? Watch this movie and you’ll be convinced.

Eat Drink Man Woman (1994)

The ritual of food and family is played out in Taipei, China, with Senior Master Chef Chu and his three unmarried daughters, who are caught between their modern world and his traditional values. The cooking scenes are better than an Asian cooking class at CIA.  

Big Night (1996)

One word: Timpani

Some more words: Stanley Tucci, Tony Shalhoub, Minnie Driver, Isabella Rossellini, Liev Shreiber, Ian Holm… What a feast of talent!

Chocolat (2000)

The point when Alfred Molina’s character finally gives into his sensual desires and goes to town on Juliette Binoche’s chocolate truffles and delicacies might be the greatest display of wanton gorging on the silver screen.

Dinner Rush (2000)

Drama and intrigue are the specials of the day at Louis Cropa’s (Danny Aiello) popular New York City Italian restaurant. The tagline – “Revenge is best served cold” – says it all.

Even as Frogs, we’ve been known to fall victim to deadly red stains…from a lethal bowl of penne. We’re no strangers to making a killing…with a new product launch. So it murders us to say “arrivederci” to The Sopranos this Sunday. Here’s how we hope Tony, Carmela, Meadow, AJ and the rest of the Sopranos chow down before the show is put to sleep with the fishes.

New Jersey-bred Chef David Burke may have learned a thing or two from the Garden State’s wiseguys. He cleverly stabs a knife in the back of a game hen for his Angry Hen in-Law special at David Burke at Bloomingdale’s (1000 Third Avenue, 212.705.3800). It’s a cousin of the signature Crispy & Angry Lobster Cocktail, served on a bed of nails at David Burke Las Vegas (3355 Las Vegas Boulevard in The Venetian Resort∙Hotel∙Casino, 702.414.7111).

Down on the Jersey shore, mesclun greens, cucumbers, tomatoes, black olives, chickpeas, radishes, roasted red peppers, pita chips and Vermont cheddar get  chopped to bits tableside for the red wine and mustard vinaigrette dressed AC Chopped Salad at Bobby Flay Steak(One Borgata Way in the Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa, 866.692.6742).

Terrance Brennan gives his chicken a cement bath at Artisanal (2 Park Avenue, 212.725.8585) by cooking it under a brick before serving it with sweet garlic jus, root vegetables and potatoes.

And no Sopranos supper is complete without a hefty bowl of zesty pasta. Laced with red peppers and garlic, Donatella Arpaia’s donatella San Marzano tomato arrabiata pasta sauce can make anyone hotheaded, as its name implies.

By142’s Scar Repair and Anti Pain Cream Topical should help mend any bruising and discomfort these violent dishes may cause. Ba da bing. Ba da boom.