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

"I've added some dehydrated non-vegetable oil sulphites so it's more like mum used to make."

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

Hashimoto's Restaurant - Sushi Like Mother Used to Make!

Grandma's caf

"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!'

Old Spice

"You'll find that as a restaurateur I've worked hard to showcase the finest in organic and free range ingredients that have been harvested and prepared in authentic and traditional ways."

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

"I know, boy—I miss the smoked salmon at Zabar's, too."

"Your old Jewish mother with some pickled herring, sir. To remind you of your roots,"

"Ah! dehydrogenated non-milk fat solids with a soupcon of deoxyhydropesane and sweetners...just like mum used to make."

Scales

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

The kitchen at Abel Cottage

Griller highlights never gets old

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

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

Tortilla the Hun.

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

'Fruitcake, pfefferneusse, we'd like you to consider early retirement.'

"I dreamed that butter and sugar and eggs came back, and we all made cookies."

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

Okay. Grandma made her pie from scratch. Let's all pretend it's as good as the frozen kind.

"So nice to see things 'a la financiere' again."

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.

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

Prehistoric Doughnut Stand.

"mmmmm. Now that's takeaway the way my mother used to order."

'Village store and Food museum'

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."

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

"Sometimes I come up here and think about the great meals I've eaten."

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