Culinary Traditions Pillows

Happy St Pancakes Day!

Night of the Latkes

"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."

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

"Sure, while you went out robbing folks I stayed here and made a nice quiche, and just to prove I'm not a sissy I made it with mountain lion instead of ham."

Get your no-turkey recipes here! Eco club. Go veggie for T-day! No thanks! I like turkey, sausage, stuffing, creamed onions with bacon and mincemeat pie. I figured as much. How can you tell? Gut check. That's my gut reaction, too.

Full English Breakfast.

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

"Who shaves the fennel in your family?"

'Fred is a social conservative -- he believes in slow food and heavy beer.'

"I bet you can't name one person who makes a better lengua casserole than me!"

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

"We succumbed to your hype."

'How was the squid?'

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

A London gent abroad

'Fred is a social conservative -- he believes in slow food and heavy beer.'

"Welcome to the Short Staffed Cafe serving food like your grandma cooked. Is your grandma busy? We really need a cook."

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 !'

A tureen of chefs

Our Troubled Chowders

'I told you I only cook with my mother's Italian spices. She just left Naples and should be here with them in about eight hours.'

Prosecco Drinker

'Someplace where we just eat, eat, eat!'

"We've gone 'Glutton-Free'."

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

'I googled it Mom. There's no such thing as McLiver and onions.'

Dijon Vu

"How about you? Were you 'locally raised'?"

Sun Dried Ice Cubes

'Squid? They told me this was CALAMARI!'

"Baldo, I don't like you eating that nasty food!"

"What's upscale today, Joey?"