Culinary Tasting Gifts

'I specifically said no anchovies!'

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

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

"Just bring me something that's going to look good on social media."

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

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

Diner.

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

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

'Oh, and I suppose I'm the only one who's ever heard it's a 'dog eat dog world'?'

Soup of the month.

'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.'

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

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

Try to guess the continent dining...

"You say your crème needs more Brulée?"

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

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

Picking pastries.

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

'We can order Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Greek or Chinese...'

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

Garden.

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

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

The Main Types of Cheese

Our visit to the flan factory.

"Any of you guys feel like hot dogs?"

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

Sauce for the Goose