Culinary Historians Gifts

We need to agree on name for it. So far we have "yum," "ahh" and "@#$%."

'...and tell the butcher I want the biggest, fattest Christmas goose...' '...the Health Dept. shut him down.'

"Sure, while you went out robbing folks I stayed here and made a nice quiche, and just to prove I'm not a sissy I made it with mountain lion instead of ham."

Grandma's caf

'I was in the catering corps.'

Crossing the Nachos Grande

The Velvet Mesquite

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

'10,000 years and no one's improved on the idea of meat on a stick!'

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I Heart Dinosaurs Chef

"It's my family's special recipe, passed down through generations on the cream cheese package."

'Are you sure you don't have any Indian blood?.'

'It appears to be a kosher for Passover recipe.'

Tortilla the Hun.

'If Darwin had been the cook on the Beagle' 'Menu- its Evolution'.

"Remember the good old days, when all we had to worry about was a dollar-sixty-a-pound sirloin?"

The kitchen at Abel Cottage

"We brought him into oversee our millennium menu...he did such a good job on the last one"

The First Roast Chicken.

Great Moments in Culinary History.

'Madam, we do not discuss Julia Child at Maison Henri.'

'We don't eat just anyone, ya know. You should feel honored.'

"I hunted, Tirka gathered, and Crock made chili."

A lot of attention gets paid to the Earl of Sandwich, and rightfully so, but let's not forget to show some respect for that neglected Lord of Lunch, the Viscount of Potato Salad.

Food history: Invention of the doughnut. Why the hole? Always leave them wanting more!

'And exactly where did you find the 'antique salami slicer'?'

Prehistoric Doughnut Stand.

"Not the Verity Brewster? The Verity Brewster who invented sweet-potato casserole with marshmallows on top?"

"I just invented the power lunch."

Paninis of the Old West

Five seconds before the first turducken.

"Blessed are the Greek, for they shall invent olive oil."

"I think we need one that shows the oldest food in the country."

'I just loved you Potatoes O' Squanto!'