Culinary Data Enthusiast Gifts

"Pie chart"

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

"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?"

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

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

'Only the years when the market was Bullish...'

'Why, of course I remember our first date -- I had filet mignon, potatoes au gratin, sauteed....'

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

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

'Like death by salad.'

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

"I'll have the Investigator's Special."

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

Try to guess the continent dining...

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

"First Lady Lettuce goes missing, then Colonel Crouton followed by Reginald Radish... Great Caesar's Ghost! Someone is making a salad!"

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

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

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

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

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

Our visit to the flan factory.

"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'."

Sauce for the Goose

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

Health and Safety Gone Mad.

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

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

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

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

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

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

French wine