Culinary Economist Gifts

'You owe us a tenner.'

Food Crisis

Beef Prices

'Today the Yuan rose against the pork belly, the chicken beak, the eel, the wanton, and the egg noodle.'

"I like the Businessman's Special. The fortune cookies all have stock futures in them."

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

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

Recipes from the Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

The Origins of Everything

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

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."

"OK, duty roster for today: Ken is to scout for entrees, Tim for mains and of course, Tina for desserts..."

"I hope you're not using any of the canned food I so diligently stockpiled.

Cereal Tasting.

"As you can guess, Rico is my role model."

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

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

'I'm saving some for leftovers tomorrow.'

I Heart Dinosaurs Chef

With all that Christmas baking left, that's a bad thing...(egg prices soar).

"Steak, Richard, is just grown up veal."

Mediterranean Martini

Paul Bocuse caricature

'It's an acquired taste!'

'Yes, but is it tart?'

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

"And it was at the moment I realized that the only thing holding me back from culinary excellence was a bucket-load of butter."

"I can't remember if I'm off red meat, or eating nothing but red meat."

A Double-Dip Recession with Sprinkles

'A sandwich?'

Anthony Bourdain with Chopsticks

"I only invest in alternative meat products, so I reject the terms 'Bull' and 'Bear'."

"Liverwurst is down an eighth, egg-salad is up two and a half, and peanut-butter-and-jelly remains unchanged."

'If I eat three more pieces of meat and three more spoonfuls of peas, I want three puddings after!'

"Look, gourmet popcorn! Harold, our son is a gourmet!"