Culinary Technologist Gifts

'The chef is just making your cheesecake now, sir.'

'Put an egg in the bowl and beat it with the whisk.'

"Your food didn't melt, young man... this is the soup course."

Come dine with me!

Counting ribs

"I know you didn't order the snails, sir. They're complimentary with the salad."

'..and we thank thee for these bio-engineered vegetables..'

"And the cheese in your omelette? Cheddar, Brie, aged Gouda, Morbier, Torta del Casar, Double Gloucester, Époisses, Shropshire blue, or American?"

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.

"And which regional cuisine would you be interested in this evening—Northwester, Southwestern, Southeastern, or Northeastern?"

6 Brothers Falafel

"I have no idea what, hic, went wrong. I did everything, hic, Mario Batali said."

"You're the lid to my pot."

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

Picking pastries.

"You say your crème needs more Brulée?"

Cookbooks

"I'm so proud - she's already learning her shapes."

As you like it - 'Waiter, chicken with watercress please' 'I'm sorry sir we haven't any chicken left ... but if you wish I bring you a larger portion of watercress...'

"Rump roast?"

"First cook the cake, then apply icing sugar and candles..."

'He's trying to put some magic into my recipes.'

"You're lost. This is Mom's apple pie."

'I started out washing dishes, but when the dishwater tasted better than the soup...'

'Waiter...my entrée fell over.'

Peter Pan, the Utensil that Never Grew Up

"Mommy's going to teach you how to make a hamburger."

"How fresh is the calamari?"

"It's the sequel to 'Cooking for One'."

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

"All the butter was gone. There was no way out. The puff pastry had to be made with margarine... from a tub."

"'TSP' stands for 'teaspoon' not 'two solid pounds'!"

"Mom, does the Russian borscht you made for dinner give me foreign-policy experience?"

"Is the asparagus farm-raised or wild-caught?"