Movie munchies

February 23, 2011 at 12:00a.m.

The star at your Oscar party

McClatchy Newspapers

Designer gowns stepping out onto the red carpet?

It’s time to plan a tasty little star-studded Oscar number based on this year’s crop of movie contenders.

The updated Western “True Grit” is rife with clever food puns. Serve your guests chili, beef jerky, cornbread, s’mores or Cowboy Caviar (check out the half-million Internet entries if you need that one.)

Other movie titles are a bit more of a stretch. Lots of red wine is swilled and spilled in “The Kids Are All Right,” but the dad/donor character inspired us to adapt a recipe from, ahem, “Macho Nachos” instead.

Well, you get the picture.

And the nominees are:

Cowboy Skewers With “True Grit” Polenta Cakes

The King Will Be Speechless Chickpea Crowns

“The Kids Are All Right,” But He’s a Macho Nacho

“The Fighter” Knock-Out Pumped-Up Popcorn

Duckfat Vanilla Milkshake for a “Black Swan” (Duckfat is a restaurant, not an ingredient.)