Culinary Companion Gifts

'Yourplace.com or mine?'

"Francine, I think maybe our relationship is starting to get a little too heavy."

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

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

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

"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."

"You're the lid to my pot."

'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.'

Try to guess the continent dining...

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

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

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

"Oh, look- French! Let's try it."

Omar Khayyam Meets Trader Joe

'Strained carrots again! What am I being punished for this time?'

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

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

"Keep your glasses on. It will look like twice as much."

'I'm sure M'lady will appreciate the mashed potatoes. Our chef uses only grass-fed single-udder butter.'

"I come here for the pepper."

Sauce for the Goose

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

French wine

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

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

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

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

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

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

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

"Everything taste so divinely artisanal."

Our visit to the flan factory.