Culinary Thinker Gifts

'I'm short of ingredients. What's a good substitute for filet mignon?'

'I'm saving some for leftovers tomorrow.'

'You think ideas are contained in food?'

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

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

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.

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

Soup of the month.

'My diet's good...I'm two weeks ahead of schedule.'

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

'Er . . . and a fork for me...'

Garden.

Too much cilantro

Man with 'Real Ale' written on t-shirt, woman with 'Real Pine' written on rolling pin

Health and Safety Gone Mad.

Elfian lady grilling on mushroom: 'Summertime in the Enchanted Forest'.

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."

Holiday Supplies

"My only love sprung from my only hate!"

Baker Romance

'You're lucky there, Sir. That's the last one in the world.'

"It's smells so good, but why do you have to wait so long?!"

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

The Origins of Everything

"It was wonderful, Henri. Arnold had died and gone to heaven."

"Hmm...I LOVE chocolate chip ice cream...!"

'I have to agree -- the value of pie goes on indefinitely.'

I love Cannelloni

"Ooooooh, just what I wanted!"

'I was in the catering corps.'

'Do you want me to get the fish bone out, or not?'

"Room for dessert, folks?"