Culinary Investigator Gifts

'What?! Not even one of you wants to see how they're made?'

'Look daddy, a surprise in the frozen lasagna.'

'... and what is the sell-by date on the packet, madam?'

'Which are the most popular and least popular items, and which have been on the menu the longest and shortest times?'

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

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

'I think the salmon is thoroughly smoked.'

On August 14, 2011 at app. 2:00 p, Derek Winslow made scientific history by converting an item of the animal kingdom into an item of the plant kingdom.

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

"When you say that love is in the air, you're referring to the smells from the food trucks, right?"

'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.'

-'but for a full English breakfast you can't beat Blackpool,sir.'

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

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

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

"And we are proud to say we only use the freshest artificial ingredients."

"So this coffee shop if your 'hangout'?"

"And I'm teaming that burned sausage up with a warm, flat local lager."

"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...

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

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

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

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

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

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

"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."

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

French wine

Important Food Groups