Culinary Prophet Gifts

"The fact that you forecast the winner of the TV cooking contest does NOT make you a chef!"

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

Recipes from the Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

"Grass...Grass and more damn grass... What I wouldn't give for a lightly poached Dover sole with a garlic infused tarragon sauce."

'It's the essence of springtime. You're really enjoying it.'

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

"I pray that he will enjoy my pie..." "The smell's enough to make me cry!"

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

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

Avocado Timeline

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

"Namasteak"

"While the chef's dishes tonight are rather bland, his ideas are fresh and appealing."

Writer and his Muse on a cookout.

"Wait a minute- these are just the ten commandments of perfect mashed potatoes."

"Young man, the world is your oyster, but for God�s sake avoid peanuts, soy, milk, eggs, wheat, fish, tree nuts, and chocolate."

'Nobody does curses like Gordon Ramsay.'

'Today's sermon is on the feeding of the five thousand...and I'll be giving you the recipe for that.'

Ambitions...To Eat My Words: "Lobster, Fllet Steak, Peaches in Brandy."

Cook asking for her vinaigrette after recieving an offer from the dustman

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

'Not only do you need a good dish to win on this cooking show, you need a good story!'

Chef makes a cook book.

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

'I just need enough to send my Dad to cookery lessons!'

Beth realized she wasn't such a great cook the night she tried to make an apple pie. 'Wow! Now that is good meatloaf!'

'How will my turkey turn out his year?'

"I'm sorry it's not what you ordered, but the chef works in mysterious ways."

" 'Tonight's Specials,' a poem."

"To beat or not to beat."

Food Blog

'We don't have menus, sir - the chef thinks they're counterproductive.'