Baking Master Gifts

'How much are your upside-down cakes? 99p.'

"I'm so proud - she's already learning her shapes."

'So, what do you think of my first attempt at making homemade beer?'

'I'll have you know sir, that we used the finest columbian coffee beans in that dishwater.'

Can I give you a slice of the action?

"It's a new countertop draft system for craft beer!"

Beer Stall

"An untested recipe. An uncalibrated oven. Substituted ingredients. And yet, the cake...the cake is...magnificent!"

"It's called geometry, Mum."

"I've decided to make myself another cup of coffee!"

Bottle Distillery

"'Well done' lulled him into complacency."

Sweet surprise.

Little chef.

'You're going to be in heaven. Cindy makes the most amazing carrot cakes!'

'Beer brewery? No, I wanted the witches brew! Damn GPS.'

"What a load of hocus-pocus!"

Patissier

'The cake timer dinged, Mom, and so did my stomach.'

Cookery Lesson.

"Look lively crew, lest we be dashed upon these scrumptious shores."

"It's choux pastry, not shoe pastry!"

"That's us stocked up for the Wimbledon final then..."

My dad makes his own beer.

'If they rise they're scones. If not they're pancakes.'

'Doesn't seem right somehow-REAL ale in PLASTIC glasses!'

Joe's Bar - Two Kegs Any Style $49.95

Ernie is a master brewer! He's highly skilled in every phase of the beer-making process! Business is booming at our craft beer pub! Ernie, are those ladies old enough to buy beer? I didn't ask for I.D. I didn't want to violate the no "dating" the customers policy. Ernie is an absolute genius about beer, but lacks common sense about everything else! (Published originally on Nov. 8, 2015.)

Daily Grind Coffee Cup

"Whole bean or ground relentlessly to dust?"

Pollsters

'There are shortcuts to making home brew, but taking a swig of malt extract and letting it ferment in your mouth isn't one of them.'

Tea Snob.

'Ridiculously Expensive Coffee.'

"I'm fine. It's coffee."