Cultural Eater Prints

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

"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."

"I'd go with French Impressionist. It evokes the burnished golds of autumn leaves and the bittersweet regrets of lost love. It's also on special."

"I just explained 'kugel' to him."

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

Alphabet soup

'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,"

"As you can see, my culinary creations are eclectic."

Easter bunny Island.

'I think we should eat out in the hotel tomorrow dear.'

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

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

The Great Dietary Pyramids of Egypt.

'Enjoy?...How?'

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

"Baldo, why are you eating dessert first?"

"That's one thing you can't get up here, a good hot curry."

"You'll like this place. The food is eclectic without being schizophrenic."

'Free Chen Cuangcheng fortune cookies are here!'

"Combination No. 5--no MSG."

"Order's up -- One grass-fed free-range peanut butter and jelly dinosaur sandwich."

"I'll have the artist's lunch, if there is such."

'The tourist at table 6 insists on a bottle of 'coq au vin'--and the customer's always right.'

"You call this guacamole?"

'A bird's nest. . . hmmm, I wonder what that would taste like in a soup?'

'Oh, quit blubbering about not finding any quality walrus fat in the city!'

'This isn't the Avenue of Stars - I think you'll find that's a vindaloo.'

"I thought that we were going to eat something exotic tonight - not just a traditional English meal."

'Our cuisine has moved from the eclectic to the schizophrenic.'

"I am haunted by the idea that the basic axioms on which the arithmetic is based may invalidate these computations."

Welsh Cakes

Cannibal chef.