Cultural Cooking T-Shirts

"I resolve to cook more traditional meals like my lengua casserole and pig's feet stew!"

When Tia Carmen says..."A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle" it means...she shared her tripe and onion recipe with the new neighbors."

Frank & Ernie's Diner. Special: Scrabbled Eggs. No, sir, it's not a misprint -- Ernie adds alphabet soup.

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

"I feel like we are the polyester of dairy products."

Lockdown casserole

"I don’t know, Margaret. She looks like the type who makes exotic stuffings."

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

Baloneystini

"I know it’s a challenge, but it needs your input!" "...Your breadth of knowledge of different interest groups, religions...cultures!" "Right, so the staff Christmas meal will be a traditional lacto-vegan one at a Thai restaurant sometime in March?" "Do you think the Pagans will be OK with that?"

"Put out the Asian sates, the Russian blinis, and the Mexican bean dips, while whip up something Korean."

'Please, could you me to Polish my diet!'

'Our chickens are a real 'come back' story: raised organic, they hooked up with some seedy fowl, but then, thankfully, were saved by massive doses of antibiotics.'

"Is it free-range?"

'Where do you want to go for breakfast, fancy an Australian or do you want to nip over to Hawaii?'

"All good things must come to an end...unless I use both of my giant-size super-pots."

"I just explained 'kugel' to him."

Lottery - come back to eat here 20 times and you will win million dollar in lottery.

'Are you sure you don't have any Indian blood?.'

Culture clash

"Your old Jewish mother with some pickled herring, sir. To remind you of your roots,"

'Oh, sure, it gets the creative juices going, but is it worth the cost?'

"Say it with Pierogies"

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

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

"Tonight, we'll be eating hot dogs with a mustard-ketchup-and-pickle purée, accompanied by peas lightly sprinkled with ketchup. Then fettuccine al dente with a ketchup sauce, followed by applesauce maison with a dollop of you know what!"

'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.'

Blue Blazer Cocktail.

Simulated travel...dine with us in local cafes & pretend you're in London, Paris, Tokyo, Mexico City, etc...

"It's okay. That's just adult-speak for hot dogs."

Chick in noodle soup.

'We're at an Italian restaurant this time, Kevin -- those are breadsticks, not giant-size chopsticks.'

"I'm going to ask for a fork. Don't try to stop me."

Spiro & Pusho mincing fish in meat mincer.

"The Garlic Escargot Velouté...would you like that in the traditional tureen, or supersized in a bucket?"