Comfort Food Explorer Gifts

"I ate all the wrong things today."

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

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

What the Doctor Ordered

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

Soup of the month.

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

"Instead of years of therapy, I decided to go for chocolate."

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

Nothing like traveling hundreds of miles to immerse yourself in art for the sole purpose of killing time between meals.

Your lobster was off!

"From right to left, you have your tekkamaki, your futomaki, and then your yamaimo roll. The little pile of pink stuff is ginger, the green one's wasabi. And, of course, you already recognize your vodka martini."

'What wine goes with comfort foods?'

Gramma's Tators & Gravy...All You Can Eat!

'Is this still America?'

"I can't go much longer without your asking why I'm vegan."

"Can you turn these mashed potatoes into french fries?"

''Food miles' is a big issue, so I'm reducing the distance my food travels by moving my fridge into the living room.'

"And exactly how is the peanut-butter-and-jelly prepared?"

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

"The economy's been worsening for a while, but people still don't feel it, Rudy." "...Which means we still have time to get in on the despair action." "Despair action"? "We're going to expand our menu. Add more comfort foods, more 'sale' items, debt consolidation loans..." "Nobody's dumb enough to get a debt consolidation loan from some random guy." "Ha ha hoo hoo hee-"

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."

'How was your holiday?' - 'Fantastic! Great weather! Great food! No illness!' - 'So, back to work tomorrow, then?' - 'Yeah, I guess so.' - 'Lousy, germ free holiday.'

"Everything is dandy--and our intestinal biomes are joyous."

"Hey, …. what's not to like?"

"It's completely normal for someone your age to develop a taste for butterscotch."

Midwest Winter Items.

"Who shaves the fennel in your family?"

"Perhaps you wouln't have declared so many places 'worth a detour' if you'd held the map right way up!"

"I think I'll have the fish. No, wait... yes, the fish." "So many choices... what is a Reuben? Never mind, I'll have the fish, too." "I always get the same thing, but it's so good. Alright, I'll have the fish."

'The doctor told me to introduce more greens into my diet.'

"I think we need to have a chat about your 'support team'..."

Ethnic food springing out of a menu.

Man with a pizza in 'Lover's Lane.'

Pastrami in the wild