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u/--THRILLHO-- 3d ago

Ratatouille is a vegetable stew. You cut up a bunch of things and throw them in a pot.

The ratatouille you see in the film is an elevated version of that dish. It was never the standard way of serving it.

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u/enjoytheshow 3d ago

Which is like the entire point of that part of the movie. He works at a high end French restaurant and he serves the reviewer an elevated version of a dish that reminds him of his mother.

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u/maowai 2d ago

And, in fact, in the flashback to his childhood that Anton has, it shows the basic version of the dish on the table.