Dinner and a Movie: Tazzeka

TAZZEKA WITH ZOOM PRESENTATION SOLD OUT | BUT TAZZEKA ONLY (movie-only) ON SALE.

If you just want to watch the movie tonight (start any time between 6:30pm and 12:30am) and eat your Moroccan-influenced food, we are now selling Tazzeka-only tickets.

No matter what you do, check out our Dinner and a Movie: East Side Sushi next Friday (May 1), 6:30pm

Starting Friday, April 24th, the Flatirons Food Film Festival will offer an online weekly dinner and movie series for everyone who loves food and film to safely enjoy together. With a streaming movie, takeout dishes from recommended restaurants, recommended recipes for dishes related to the film, and expert speakers, each Dinner and A Movie event will offer a Festival experience from your living room. Hard times call for community and nothing says community like a shared dinner and food related movie.

Dinner and A Movie is intended to support Boulder and Denver restaurants and food businesses. It presents an occasion to give back to our restaurant friends and neighbors by buying their delicious takeout/delivery meals.

First Dinner and a Movie event!

Film: Our first streaming film will be Tazzeka, a drama about a Moroccan boy who wants to become a haute cuisine chef. Tazzeka screened at the 2019 Flatirons Food Film Festival. More film information, including a preview, is available through the Flatirons Food Film Festival website at http://www.flatironsfoodfilmfest.org/films

Featured restaurants: Moroccan-influenced takeout/delivery meals will be available from Babette's Artisan Bread in Longmont, Blackbelly, Cafe Aion in Boulder, Eat at Community in Lafayette, and Fruition in Denver.

Speakers: Peggy Markel of Peggy Markel’s Culinary Adventures will introduce the film. After the film, she will discuss Tazzeka with Sara Brito of Good Food 100 Restaurants and answer viewer questions.

How it Works

If you are ordering from one of the participating restaurant, be sure to get your meals picked up or delivered before before the event. The list of participating restaurants is below and will change with each movie. If you are cooking the suggested recipes, have them ready to go at show time.

About an hour before the Dinner and a Movie start time, you will receive an email with information on how to access the streaming film and live Zoom presentation as well as the evenings schedule. Then you can join us for the live event which starts at 6:30pm where we eat and watch the film together and have guest speakers joining us for discussion about the film. If you cannot make the live event, you can still access the film and recorded speakers until 12:30am the day of the event. The takeout will be just as tasty later in the evening.

Restaurant information

If a restaurant offers its own delivery service, we suggest that you select it over third-party services. That option helps them more financially. Some of the listed restaurants only offer takeout.

Note: Even if you do not purchase a meal, we encourage you to purchase gift cards for these or any of your favorite restaurants if you can do so. In a difficult climate for the restaurant industry, gift cards help restaurants survive and give you a meal to which you can look forward.

Babette's Artisan Bread Bakery/Pizza & Pane: 2030 Ionosphere St., Unit H, Longmont (Prospect neighborhood); order online at https://bit.ly/OrderBabettesChickenTagine and note that your order is for Dinner and a Movie. Pick up at the bakery until 7:30pm.

Tazzeka dish/dinner: Tagine chicken over couscous with garlic, black, and green olives, sundried tomatos, and preserved lemon. Feeds 2 for $25 (large servings).

Babette's Artisan Bakery and Pizza & Pane offers an unpretentious setting with incredible food from French-inspired pastries to Italian-inspired small plates, wood-fired pizzas, and cocktails. To serve the best-possible food, they use the best ingredients possible.

Blackbelly: 1606 Conestoga St., Boulder; phone orders at (720) 479-8296 until 8pm or click Events (http://www.blackbelly.com/upcoming-events) on the Blackbelly website for online ordering information; delivery through chow and DoorDash. See the online order page on their website takeout food, drinks, sweets, and more.

Tazzeka dish/dinner: Moroccan Chicken Bastilla (spiced colorado native chicken, saffron, almonds, crispy phyllo--Moroccan flaky meat pie) with local greens, persian cucumber and an orange blossom, and semolina cookie, $20 per dinner. Order online starting Tuesday, April 21st.

Founded by award-winning Chef Hosea Rosenberg, Blackbelly is centered around locally-sourced, sustainable, organic food.

Cafe Aion: 1235 Pennsylvania Ave.(at 13th & Pennsylvania Ave. on the Hill), Boulder; phone orders at (303) 993-8131 and limited online orders on RESY, Wed-Sun: 4pm - 7pm for ordering, pickups, and delivery; delivery through UberEats and DoorDash. See their home page for their takeout food and drink menus: https://www.cafeaion.com

Tazzeka meal to share (feeds 2-3, $42):

• Meat option: Braised beef short rib with cinnamon & dried apricots, couscous, and a trio of dips and grilled flatbreads
• Vegetarian option: Vegetarian tagine with preserved lemon and a trio of dips and grilled flatbreads

Cafe Aion’s menus and cuisine reflect a philosophy of crafting the best quality food into simple, soulful bites. Chef Dakota Soifer combines a respect for and knowledge of high quality ingredients with a rare talent to craft them into immensely satisfying dishes.

Eat at Community: 206 S. Public Rd., Lafayette; phone orders at (720) 890-3793 or (720) 379-4615 and online orders at https://www.toasttab.com/community/v3; Mon-Sun 11:30-8pm for ordering, pickup, and delivery (within 5 miles of restaurant). Free delivery on orders over $20, $3 delivery fee on orders under $20. See their online order page for their takeout and drink menus or their website: https://www.eatatcommunity.com

Tazzeka dish/dinner: Moroccan cheese burger (2 1/4 lb patties, cheese, harrissa aioli, pickles, lettuce, whipped feta), $14 per burger.

Community is a non-pretentious eatery created by locals, for locals. They are here to provide you with a fantastic meal in the comfort of your home.

Fruition: 1313 E. 6th Avenue, Denver; (303) 831-1962 or (303) 831-1992 to order your Dinner and a Movie dinner on Friday, April 24 after 1pm, pick up from 4-8pm. See their home page for their takeout food and drink menus: www.fruitionrestaurant.com

Tazzeka dish/dinner: Harissa shrimp with fregola, fava beans, and mint, $20 per dinner.

Opened in 2007, Fruition Restaurant is a showcase of Chef Alex Seidel’s passion for creating approachable, top-quality food without the pretense of fine dining.

Recipes for Home Cooks

You can find spices for these recipes from our sponsor Savory Spice Shop in Boulder, which is providing curbside pickup from Thursday to Saturday, 10am-6pm by phone, email, or online order.

Cinnamon Lemon Cous Cous: Cous cous is a Moroccan staple made from semolina flour that is typically made with stock, spices, dried fruit, and nuts. Recipe: https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/recipes/cinnamon-lemon-couscous

Harissa Carrot Dip: Harissa and carrots work together delightfully in this warm and brightly flavored dip. Recipe: https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/recipes/harissa-carrot-dip

Moroccan Chicken Skewers with Herb Sauce: Break out the grill for these savory chicken skewers brightened by an herb sauce. Recipe: https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/recipes/moroccan-chicken-skewers-with-herb-sauce

Moroccan Grilled Vegetable Platter: Grill a colorful assortment of vegetables. Recipe: https://www.savoryspiceshop.com/recipes/moroccan-grilled-vegetable-platter

Speaker information

Peggy Markel has designed and directed carefully hand-crafted food and culture trips around the world for 25 years to countries like Morocco, Italy, and India. She is a pioneer not only in culinary travel, but was instrumental in bringing Slow Food to America and championing the farm to table movement as early as 1993.

Sara Brito is the co-founder of the Good Food Media Network, publisher of the Good Food 100 Restaurants™, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit with a mission to cultivate a conversation and community around the people and businesses changing the food system for good.