Culinary Outsider Gifts

'So this is a kitchen!'

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

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

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

'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.'

"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'.

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

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

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

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

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

Important Food Groups

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

Sauce for the Goose

"I cook the sausages in French mineral water, I wear a French beret and I can call you 'Monsieur'."

French wine

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

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

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

Our visit to the flan factory.

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

Before/After

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

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

'See? You call my look 'a midlife crisis' but for these guys it's a major TV series.'

Cake Friday!

I wish I'd had the review.

'Another neat trick is to cut regular spaghetti into little pieces, and next thing you know you've got yourself a bowl of spaghetti-i-s.'

Italia tours

'Men order. . . women shop.'

Why did Ernie take that off his wrist and put it here when he had to leave the kitchen? For safety reasons. A watched pot never boils. Ernie says you are what you eat. It's true in his case. Ernie is just like his food. He is sweet, and has some but not too much spice. Plus there's nothing artificial about him. Also like his food, Ernie is an acquired taste. And to me they have both become irresistibly delicious!