Culinary Contrarian Gifts

"Of course this is a pizza! Man, I've always been a rebel!"

I'd like to take this menu and shove it where the sun don't shine. But I'll settle for the omelette & hash browns...

"Bob takes everything with a grain of salt...and pepper...and garlic..."

The Origins of Everything

"The salad should be delicious. We ordered it with lots of extra bacon bits."

"He says that when he had a vegetable salad as an appetizer, he can now have burgers, pizza and Coke as a reward."

Man sitting and reading 'Joy of Take Out' book surrounded by take out boxes.

"They're healthy? All this time, Mom said carrots and raisins were nature's candy!"

Leftovers restaurant - for that unpretentious dining.

"D'you remember caramel before it all became 'salted?'"

The Huge-Underground Vat theory of why all wonton soup tastes exactly the same.

'Fish has mercury, meat has e-coli, veggies have pesticides, desserts cause obesity...so we'll have the health-concious nothing for dinner' special.'

'The customer is always right...'

Man with a 'menu', woman with a 'womenu'.

'As far as we know, no one who has eaten our genetically-modified food has turned into a creature or anything.'

Bookworm group

'Yes, but is it tart?'

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

'He's always looking for an argument!'

"I'll get the onion soup... it's the only thing on the menu that I don't know why it's bad for me!"

"The recipe? Well, there's lentils, garlic, tofu, and a pinch of our illegal secret ingredient."

Whipping Cream

"Sure, pal, whatever you say. Ha ha! The salmon is fresh."

'We're looking for new, original thinkers...people who can think 'outside the box'...'

'If everyone's thinking outside the box a man who thinks inside the box is bound to have the advantage.'

'This restaurant has got zero stars, right? Every single one of them is well deserved.'

"It's not fair that ice cream melts, but broccoli doesn't."

"Well, I don't care if it is some kind of fancy-schmancy restaurant...if I want ketchup, I'm gonna get ketchup!"

'I know we're supposed to flock together, but I want to see a different movie...'

'Two beef and pork by-products and a turkey dog, please!'

Hospital food. Because you're just not sick enough.

'At $12 a glass, I want it to spit out what it drank.'

"Combination No. 5--no MSG."

Trends of 2000

Devlin was concerned about his son hanging around with such a nice crowd.