Culinary Bibliophile Gifts

"I used to come here to browse. Now I graze."

'What would you like to eat with your book tonight?'

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

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

My Bookshelf Before the Internet

Edgar Allen Poe

The Dorrie Decimal System

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

Honoré de Balzac

'My diet's good...I'm two weeks ahead of schedule.'

"Now Playing: One of those Jane Austen movies."

Not to be a motion picture. Will remain just a book.

'Er . . . and a fork for me...'

Health and Safety Gone Mad.

Elfian lady grilling on mushroom: 'Summertime in the Enchanted Forest'.

"It's the sequel to 'Cooking for One'."

"Not that I have the time, but I enjoy reading."

Man with 'Real Ale' written on t-shirt, woman with 'Real Pine' written on rolling pin

Recipes from the Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

Party time.

Baker Romance

"Ooooooh, just what I wanted!"

"Barb's such a fast reader."

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

"It was wonderful, Henri. Arnold had died and gone to heaven."

'Muriel's philosophy is that what happens in the kitchen, stays in the kitchen.'

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

Literary Canines.

"It's smells so good, but why do you have to wait so long?!"

'I was in the catering corps.'

'Yes, it's just a little volume.'