Culinarian Gifts

"It's a wine best blended with a better wine."

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

Tartine

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

"Your food didn't melt, young man... this is the soup course."

Come dine with me!

Circa 1928, The Reese's Candy laboratory.

Counting ribs

"The menu just says fried fish, but may I give you a more compelling, surprisingly lyrical description?"

"Waitress, have you smoked salmon..?"

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

"Just bring me something that's going to look good on social media."

"And the cheese in your omelette? Cheddar, Brie, aged Gouda, Morbier, Torta del Casar, Double Gloucester, Époisses, Shropshire blue, or American?"

On August 14, 2011 at app. 2:00 p, Derek Winslow made scientific history by converting an item of the animal kingdom into an item of the plant kingdom.

"Behold! As I transform this family size frozen lasagna into a meal for one."

"I know you didn't order the snails, sir. They're complimentary with the salad."

Squirrels Stockpiling Mulling Spices for Winter

Every barbecue has its winners and losers.

'Progress of a bookshelf'

"Vintage? What would you like it to be?"

'Sorry sir, we've run out of parmesan cheese.'

"The chef is going to need more than just your ‘compliments’ tonight … he’s in one of his moods."

Ice Cream Surgeon

Domestic Goddess.

"Monsieur, si vous plaît. I'm sure I ordered the fusilli and not the Fusilier."

The wonderful world of cheese.

Take seat. Nothing makes me happier than keeping people warm and cooking s'mores for them. Friendly fire.

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

"States of tofu"

We need a new eco project. Ok. Let's get locally grown food into the school cafeteria. What's our strategy? We can start with the potatoes. I'll make the poster. We want home fries.

'This might be the common ground we've been looking for.'

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

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

"Even the waiters here are organic."

Too Many Lawyers Spoil the Broth