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Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1877, from French ratatouille (19c.), first element uncertain, second element evidently touiller "to stir up," ultimately from Latin tudes "hammer" [Gamillscheg].
Wiktionary
n. A traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish consisting primarily of tomatoes, zucchini and eggplant, with other ingredients.
Wikipedia
Ratatouille is a video game based on the Pixar film of the same name. It was developed at Heavy Iron Studios and released by THQ, on June 26, 2007, two days before the first theatrical release in Russia. Ratatouille was initially released on twelve systems— Wii, Nintendo DS, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 2, PSP, Xbox 360, Xbox, Nintendo GameCube, Game Boy Advance, Microsoft Windows, OS X, and J2ME—making it the most comprehensive simultaneous cross-platform launch in THQ's history.
Ratatouille is a French vegetable dish.
Ratatouille may also refer to:
- Ratatouille (film), a 2007 animated film by Pixar about a rat aspiring to be a chef.
:* Ratatouille (video game), multiplatform video game tie-in to the film.
:* Ratatouille: Food Frenzy, Nintendo DS video game tie-in to the film.
:* Ratatouille: L'Aventure Totalement Toquée de Rémy, a dark ride at Disneyland Paris.
Ratatouille is a 2007 American computer-animated comedy film produced by Pixar and released by Buena Vista Pictures Distribution. It is the eighth film produced by Pixar, and was co-written and directed by Brad Bird, who took over from Jan Pinkava in 2005. The title refers to a French dish, " ratatouille", which is served at the end of the film, and is also a play on words about the species of the main character. The film stars the voices of Patton Oswalt as Remy, an anthropomorphic rat who is interested in cooking; Lou Romano as Linguini, a young garbage boy who befriends Remy; Ian Holm as Skinner, the head chef of Auguste Gusteau's restaurant; Janeane Garofalo as Colette, a rôtisseur at Gusteau's restaurant; Peter O'Toole as Anton Ego, a restaurant critic; Brian Dennehy as Django, Remy's father and leader of his clan; Peter Sohn as Emile, Remy's older brother; and Brad Garrett as Auguste Gusteau, a recently deceased chef. The plot follows Remy, who dreams of becoming a chef and tries to achieve his goal by forming an alliance with a Parisian restaurant's garbage boy.
Development of Ratatouille began in 2000 when Pinkava wrote the original concepts of the film. In 2005, Bird was approached to direct the film and revise the story. Bird and some of the film's crew members also visited Paris for inspiration. To create the food animation used in the film, the crew consulted chefs from both France and the United States. Bird also interned at Thomas Keller's French Laundry restaurant, where Keller developed the confit byaldi, a dish used in the film.
Ratatouille premiered on June 22, 2007, at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles, California, with its general release June 29, 2007, in the United States. The film grossed $623.7 million at the box office and received positive reviews. The film later won the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature, among other honors.
Ratatouille is a traditional French Provençal stewed vegetable dish, originating in Nice. Though referred to commonly as ratatouille niçoise, ratatouille is popular among the entire Mediterranean coast as an easy summer dish.
It is usually served as a side dish with dinner, but is also used in breakfast and lunch settings. Ratatouille is sometimes eaten as a meal of its own accompanied by pasta, rice or bread. Tomatoes lay a foundation for sautéed garlic, onions, zucchini, eggplant, bell peppers, marjoram, fennel and basil, or bay leaf and thyme, or a mix of green herbs like herbes de Provence. It is typically prepared as a stew of squash, with each vegetable being sautéed separately before being layered into a baking dish and baked.
The word ratatouille comes from Occitan ratatolha and the recipe comes from Occitan cuisine. Related dishes exist in many Mediterranean cuisines. Though the name ratatouille for the dish does not occur in print until 1930, the word has been in use since the late 18th century to refer to a coarse stew. It is derived from “ratouiller and tatouiller, expressive forms of the French verb, touiller, meaning “to stir up.
Usage examples of "ratatouille".
Remove lid from ratatouille and continue cooking for another 5 minutes to reduce liquid.
He chose the least calorific, thin sliced red beef and ratatouille froide, and settled back with a sigh of contentment.
I turned around to find Henry coming in behind me with a plate piled with foodlemon chicken, ratatouille, green salad, and homemade rolls.
As she served out a scrappy ratatouille in the little upstairs kitchen, a recipe from her Paris days, there was little talk.
Stewards entered with platters, cold pear soup sprinkled with mint leaves, poached guinea hen eggs on fried toast layered with chutney and carpaccio, miniature acorn squash stuffed with cold ratatouille and dusted with Parmesan cheese, green tomatoes in balsamic vinegar topped with a cilantro seviche.
The restaurant had a bar and a few tables, was jammed and noisy and rich with the smell of ratatouille and shellfish.
And Ron demanded ratatouille and bouillabaisse and complained when I could not provide them.
Aunt Karen made that ratatouille and Mom told you you had to eat it to be polite and you threw up over the side of the deck?
As she understood it, friends and relatives were preparing trays of ratatouille and other vegetable dishes.