Family Cooking Mugs

"Honey, I appreciate the effort, but you're frightening our son."

"Mommy's going to teach you how to make a hamburger."

"I was with you right up to the cumin."

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

Lady of the Cake.

'I think the salmon is thoroughly smoked.'

Life with a professional baseball catcher.

"You do like octopus?"

Domestic Goddess.

'‘Because I said so' or ‘Just wait until you have kids of your own' section?'

''ere - I thought you said your pans were non-stick!'

Chez Nous Menu

"Who ordered the double chocolate parfait with a cherry on top?"

'Like death by salad.'

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

'But Mom, I like potatoes in their jackets.'

"I'm afraid the challah got a little burnt this week."

"Everything tastes better when it's cooked on the grill."

"First cook the cake, then apply icing sugar and candles..."

"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."

Happy Knife, Happy Wife

'I'm worried about him, he eats his vegetables, but not his dessert!'

'Protein, starch, vegetable??? When you said 'square meal' I thought PIZZA IN A BOX!'

"Oh, mournful and terrible engine of horror and crime—of agony and of death, not asparagus again!"

"Five hamburgers with buns, three hamburgers without buns and two buns, without hamburgers."

'Congratulations, dear! Your home cooked dinner was so good you'd think it was an expensive frozen entree!'

How to Deal With Leftover Turkey

"Tia Carmen's not happy unless she can send people away with a plate of leftovers for the road."

"No thanks, I'm stuffed."

Is that pancake ready yet?

PREPARING A POMEGRANATE FOR DUMMIES

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

Lockdown casserole

'As a surprise I thought I'd give the new cookbook a try tonight.'

'Thanksgiving's no holiday for turkeys or the women who cook them.'