Cross-cultural Foodie Gifts

"I know it’s a challenge, but it needs your input!" "...Your breadth of knowledge of different interest groups, religions...cultures!" "Right, so the staff Christmas meal will be a traditional lacto-vegan one at a Thai restaurant sometime in March?" "Do you think the Pagans will be OK with that?"

Birthday Cakes: From Around the World

'Do you want your zebra de la margola rare, medium or well done?'

"Put out the Asian sates, the Russian blinis, and the Mexican bean dips, while whip up something Korean."

'This is fantastic! I don't know what's smaller, the talk or the food?'

'Are you sure you don't have any Indian blood?.'

Lottery - come back to eat here 20 times and you will win million dollar in lottery.

'This is my kind of Chinese...A chocolate double fudge fortune cookie!'

"I just explained 'kugel' to him."

Culture clash

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

'I think we should eat out in the hotel tomorrow dear.'

" 'Chicken Vindaloo for the Hindu Soul' is but the tip of the iceberg in our initial strategy of global expansion."

In the Works: Eurocheese, Eurobread, Eurowine.

"Mas agua for the gringos?"

The Great Dietary Pyramids of Egypt.

Hoax Ethnic Food

'Free Chen Cuangcheng fortune cookies are here!'

'I just loved you Potatoes O' Squanto!'

'There's a new push to improve the quality of food available...here's the takeovut menus for Ling's Chinese and the Indian in the High St!'

We're sunk. Everyone's supposed to bring their Grandma's best dish to the potluck. Don't panic. Helen's Grandma was from Scotland. Yeah. But the Patakis cook Indian feasts. And the Mercantis still make 10 course Italian dinners. What was your Granny's specialty? Jell-o cube salad. Mmm ... sweet or savory?

'Do you do the squished up little balls that taste of fish - or are you the wrong ethnicity?'

'A bird's nest. . . hmmm, I wonder what that would taste like in a soup?'

Chère Maman

"You call this guacamole?"

"What's good here?"

'Oh, quit blubbering about not finding any quality walrus fat in the city!'

"I thought that we were going to eat something exotic tonight - not just a traditional English meal."

'I thought we were dining 'international' tonight?'

"You can do business anywhere...as long as you speak their menu."

"...and if you can't get gochujang, ketchup will do."

"New York are out for breakfast, Munich are having a coffee break and Tokyo are at lunch."

"You'll eat anything with 'poids net' on it."

Frank and Ernie's Greek Cafe. Menu. I'd like a gyro with everything. One encyclopita!

'I told you not to order in Russian.'