Classic Recipe Lover Gifts

"I dreamed that butter and sugar and eggs came back, and we all made cookies."

Baker Romance

'You're lucky there, Sir. That's the last one in the world.'

Church Basement Foodie

'I'll give you a bite of my calamari for one of your stuffed shrimp.'

Quartet of chefs.

"There must be a place we can wait on line for an hour before eating."

"Then again, an honest profile picture would not have got me a wonderful 'Duck Confit with a Chocolat Creme Brulee.'"

"Was there a photo in the recipe book? I'd love to see what it's meant to look like."

"I couldn't have made my family recipe raisin date nut cake with it's secret ingredient without Jimmy's help."

'There was sizzle but no steak.'

The Nervous Gourmet:Low-Risk Chicken

'Jingling your change won't get us a better table.'

"It all comes down to the aging and fermentation process."

One reason secret family recipes are usually best kept secret.

"The recipe? Well, there's lentils, garlic, tofu, and a pinch of our illegal secret ingredient."

Kitchen - Sign reads 'Out of Hors D'Oeuvres.'

Le Gourmet Bistro. Paging Mister Zah, paging Mister Zah. Do we have a Pete Zah here?

'You order the jumbo combo?'

Endangered Entrees

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."

"What do you recommend that's fit for a king?"

'My compliments to mummy.'

"Right now I'm enjoying that brief period between having just lost weight and putting it back on."

"Expensive coffee is a cheap vacation."

CIA Cafeteria: 'It's nice of you to ask, but the recipe is classified.'

'I know for a fact my grandma never used propylene glycol monoesters, polysorbates, sorbitan monostearate and di-glycerides.'

'It looks exactly like the picture in the recipe book except for the burnt bits.'

'Wow! This meal if fit for a king.'

'With respect, sir, we are a slow food restaurant.'

"It's an old family recipe - some flour and water, yeast, a little salt, mono calcium phosphate, polysorbate 60, calcium propionate..."

Recipes from the Revised Senior Citizen Cookbook

'Ok. We've tried monkey's paw, eye of newt, bat's blood and raven's claw.'

"I'll give you a few moments to recover from the prices."

"I can't remember if they turned me off or not"