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

Victor Hugo

Edgar Allen Poe

The Dorrie Decimal System

Honoré de Balzac

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

'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...'

We are shaped by what we love! Especially pizza and doughnuts!

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

George Orwell

Health and Safety Gone Mad.

'Which wine goes best with 'the old man and the sea'?'

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

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

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

Recipes from the Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

Party time.

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

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

Meet the author - celebrity autobiographies,

"Barb's such a fast reader."

'Don't let him pick the wine. He thinks Dom Perignon was someone who got knocked off on the Sopranos.'

Literary Canines.

"Ooooooh, just what I wanted!"

Baker Romance

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

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

'I was in the catering corps.'