Culinary Time Travel Pillows

'So there's a little grit and some pebbles in your stew -- this is the Stone Age, you kow!'

"I envy you, but my dietary requirements make it difficult for me to travel..."

"Chomp... Chomp... Curry Tree..."

"And then, when I feel like a rum punch and breaded shrimp, I can just swim to Tony’s Trattoria."

"Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, onion bagel with Nutella and cream cheese, dirt, dirt, dirt..."

"Are these prices?" "No, that's our Calorie-fixe menu."

Grandma's caf

And then in Italy. . . "But I really don't like bubblegum gelato."

"When I was young, we personally prepared all the food for each and every meal!"

All-Day Breakfast

"We can hit any creperie you want, sonny boy."

'May I suggest a pleasant viognier to put the subtext into gear?'

"The Halloween Special is the pork and kraut. It'll come back and haunt you."

"We succumbed to your hype."

The leaning tower of Pizza.

'How was the squid?'

'Gary freaked out a bit and went way off the griddle.'

'I have a bad feeling about this place, Watson... and I smell a rat!'

Alphabet soup

A London gent abroad

'I knew we should have brought your Marigolds, dear!'

"It's my family's special recipe, passed down through generations on the cream cheese package."

Please Wait and wait and wait.

"You were right-we should have just split one."

'I have a thing about Italian food-my wife has a thing about Italian waiters !'

"We brought him into oversee our millennium menu...he did such a good job on the last one"

Our Troubled Chowders

'Snob, he won't eat domestic slugs, just imports.'

"Appetizer is almost done."

'Sorry, but we're going out for dinner.'

'Yes, all our flambe dishes come with injury, liability insurance.'

'Try slicing the bread, Brian!'

"If you eat gluten, we have a ton of it in the back."