Bookish Foodie Gifts

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

'I couldn't stand the heat, so I got out of the kitchen.'

"I thought we agreed you weren't going to work at home."

"I just finished your manuscript and I found the ending delicious."

Enjoying a picnic at the rugby ground

'Hard to follow...'

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

"Geoffrey's seasonal. I'm regional."

"Yes, he is a celebrity chef, but he doesn't have any opinions on Iraq."

"Bill just does celebrity cook-books these days, that's where the real money is."

Cook in the cookery section.

"You grab the food—I'll grab the wine."

"The fish - will it be the market price at the time of ordering, the time of eating or the time of paying?"

Avocado Timeline

'I've got another loose tooth - It's not your cooking is it mum?'

Non-wall St merger: Mom's Home Cooking...Pop's Cafe!

"When a man is tired of pasta, sir, he is tired of life. Dr. Johnson."

"Is anyone enjoying anything?"

Barbecue Fetch

'Would that be rare, or medium rare?'

"Sorry no half portions - at least that's the quantum theory."

'The crepes of wrath.' 'Joad's mobile pancake store.'

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

Alternative Dickens: Oliver, having received more, requests a doggy bag.

"With any entrée, you get unlimited access to the trough."

Scene from an early draft of Moby Dick

'Your check? Certainly,sir -- would you like it itemized?'

'She's on the rotation diet. Every time I turn around she's eating something.'

"Mmm....say, cookie! What's this garbage you're feeding us?"

Major Poets, Minor Poets, Free Agents.

Isaac Newton discovered gravity and his neighbour Wilbus discovered Apple Sauce.

"Glad I had a pretzel before leaving the house; I'd hate to drink all that on an empty stomach."

Bestsellers have sold so well there are none at all on the shelves.

Starving Artist Show has paintings of food.