Naan and Chocolate

An epic tale of love and food set against the Swiss countryside and the sweet, sweet sounds of Bollywood's best musicians. Coming to a theater near you... SOON!*

*Please note: it is probably not coming to a theater near you any time soon. But wouldn't it be awesome if it were?

Paul Krugman wins today's prize for Most Disappointing Blog Post with his entry "Naan and Chocolate." It was about neither naan nor chocolate, but instead a discussion of Indian tourism in Switzerland. The blog post was accompanied by an article titled "A Beloved Bollywood Extra Draws Indians."(Hint: the extra here is the Swiss countryside.)

Basically, because so many of the most iconic Bollywood scenes (mostly awesome dream sequences) are shot in Switzerland, there has been an influx of Indian tourists. Thus naan and chocolate, being two iconic foodstuffs, are highlighted for no purpose. Krugman does get minor points for managing to include Bollywood in his discussion.

BUT, as my intrepid roommate Emily pointed out, doesn't the world desperately NEED a Bollywood film entitled Naan and Chocolate? Yes. The answer is yes.

PICTURE IT:

A young Swiss country boy, swarthy in his lederhosen, herds sheep and yodels for a living in the high valleys of the Alps. By day, he is lonely, with nobody but his sheep to keep him company. But by night, he carefully crafts the most delectable chocolates in all of Switzerland.

He also drinks beer with his friends, for this is Switzerland after all.

Even with the chocolate, however, the nights get long and lonely.

ENTER: a beautiful, doe-eyed baker woman from India whose incredible skill with bread products went under appreciated in her homeland. By day she bakes cream puffs, Linzer tortes, Liège style waffles, and Bündner Nusstorte. By night, she sometimes gets lonely and homesick, and craves nothing more than simple naan.

She's usually covered in flour.

They meet and fall in love. There is dancing, there is baking, there is chocolate, there is yodeling in the Bollywood style. It's a delicious fusion of cultures as East meets West, lederhosen meets sari, and sea level meets very much above sea level.

Concept art: dancing in a secluded meadow.

Eventually...

Catch phrase? "It's like a crepe, only it tastes like love."