Chinese Cuisine Explorer Gifts

'Neither Confucius nor Lao-Tse nor Buddha can help you. You either have a knack for chopsticks or you don't.'

"I was with you right up to the cumin."

"Boil, toil and trouble, I wish I'd never started this risotto."

"And which regional cuisine would you be interested in this evening—Northwester, Southwestern, Southeastern, or Northeastern?"

"When I was your age. I was really smelly."

"When you say that love is in the air, you're referring to the smells from the food trucks, right?"

'Only the years when the market was Bullish...'

'Why, of course I remember our first date -- I had filet mignon, potatoes au gratin, sauteed....'

'Like death by salad.'

Try to guess the continent dining...

-'but for a full English breakfast you can't beat Blackpool,sir.'

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

"So this coffee shop if your 'hangout'?"

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

'We can order Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Greek or Chinese...'

"Oh, look- French! Let's try it."

'Strained carrots again! What am I being punished for this time?'

The prophet who changed water into diet grapefruit soda.

French wine

"I cook the sausages in French mineral water, I wear a French beret and I can call you 'Monsieur'."

Sauce for the Goose

Important Food Groups

"Don't you just hate restaurants that make you feel rushed?"

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

"I've never heard of it, either, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, I always say!"

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

"I feel like pushing the envelope this morning, honey, starting with a little grape jelly for that bran muffin."

"Pizza sounds wonderful. Italian, Greek or Hipster?"

Before/After

"Hi. What kind of wine goes with fruit salad?"

'Burl says it only works with corn though if you want to try it.'

Our visit to the flan factory.

"All of tonight's specials dance around the whole GMO thing."