Family Lunch Prints

"Glad you have time for lunch today, honey."

Tartine

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

Life with a professional baseball catcher.

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

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

Chez Nous Menu

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

'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!"

'I'll have the bacon and hay wrap.'

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

"No thanks, I'm stuffed."

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

"That table is yours once that party decides to move to the suburbs."

'Guess what I've got for lunch today...a piece of my wife's delicious rum cake.'

"Your expense account ain't what it used to be. There's not enough money on your card to cover the $5.35."

"No thanks, I brought my lunch."

"Can you turn these mashed potatoes into french fries?"

"I hope we can sell everything before it's time for mom to make dinner."

'4 Jello desserts - and, for the love of God, please make them all the same color.' (at restaurant with three kids)

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

"Expense account or regular?"

"I grabbed it away from Larry and seasoned it properly just in time. It's a rescue meatloaf."

Making healthy substitutions at mealtime

'Since Fleming already beat you to it with penicillin, I take it we can dispose of your week-old sandwich?'

'I hope you all like stuffing.'

'Hurry up you guys! I'm about to serve dinner!'

A man and baby wearing bibs

"Can you reinvent the classic grilled cheese for me?"

"When it comes to turkeys, Mom, you sure know your stuff-ing."

"That sister of yours sure has some nerve asking for those leftovers - we earned them."

"It's so nice to gather and enjoy a simple home-cooked meal together."

'As soon as your mother is through laundering the money we'll go out to eat.'