Are you a chef? Are you a home cook? I can cook.

He says reluctantly.

I sometimes cook well. Not always. Do you happen to make a nice ratatouille?

Yeah, I've made ratatooie before, but I don't have the skill, taste, and feeling to make a great Ratatoui. The thing all, it's about rats. And Ratatoui, it tells

you it's a comedy because it's a silly word. And Ratatoui as the quintessential peasant dish,

it's just vegetables, it's stuff that you can find easily. If you know how to cook it well,

it's beautiful.

I'm speaking here with Jan Pinkova.

I worked on a couple of the early feature films of Pixar, including a Bugs Life and Monsters, Inc.

And Toy Story 2.

And I got a break to develop my own feature film.

That feature film was Ratatouille.

It's about a rat named Remy, who lives in a farmhouse in the French countryside, and dreams of becoming a chef.

You found cheese?

And not just any cheese.

Tom de Chevro de Pais! That would go beautifully with my mushroom!

But then, Remy, his family, and his entire rat tribe are chased into exile, and he winds up in

the sewers of Paris. As he explores the city above ground, Remy comes across the legendary

Gusto's restaurant. The late chef, Auguste,

Gusto, was Remy's hero. His famous book is called Anyone Can Cook. But Remy sees that Gusto's

restaurant is now run by a corrupt, tyrannical chef, and there's a new garbage boy in the kitchen

named Linguini.

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