In the video above, watch and listen as food historian Francine Segan prepares timballo, a meat and pasta pie. She will be preparing it again for her upcoming event this Wednesday, Francine Segan’s World of Tasting Food in Film: An Evening of Flavors from the Silver Screen. On Wednesday, you can enjoy an amusing talk on the meaning behind famous food scenes in favorite films, view hilarious film clips and participate in a movie trivia contest (with prizes). And of course you will indulge in a taste of the delicious timballo pasta pie, featured in the classic foodie movie Big Night starring Stanley Tucci. Francine has a few more interesting and entertaining World of Tastings on the way: Aphrodisiacs Tasting: History, Myth and Fact (May 13), Honey: History and Gourmet Tasting (Jun 17) and Spices: Naughty and Nice (Jun 24).

And for the Stanley Tucci fans reading, (and really, who isn’t a fan of Stanley Tucci?) this May 13 he will be here with Howard Zinn, Tim Robbins and Abigail Breslin for a reading of Zinn’s A Young People’s History of the United States.