Corn Cuisine Explorer Gifts

'I know it doesn't pay much, Paul, but we get all the corn we can eat.'

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

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

baby sweetcorn...

"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."

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

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

'Like death by salad.'

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

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

Try to guess the continent dining...

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

'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?'

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

French wine

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

Important Food Groups

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

Sauce for the Goose

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

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

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

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

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

Our visit to the flan factory.

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

Before/After

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

Your lobster was off!

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

'See? You call my look 'a midlife crisis' but for these guys it's a major TV series.'

"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."