Food Chain Aficionado Gifts

"Quiet in here today, isn't it?"

La Table

"You don't throw them back if they're too small!"

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

"And I'll have that lightly sedated, please."

"Hmmm ... you're right — I forgot the brie."

Vegetarian Birds

"Is the asparagus farm-raised or wild-caught?"

'Pass the salt, will ya, buddy?'

'Can I have flies with that'

'I'm sorry, sir, but it's hats off for the Chef's Special!'

"Oh, Oh, Oooohh!"

Steam from dinner in restaurant forms dollar sign

'Humans do it, why couldn't we? Instead of chasing food, we could breed it: It's all explained in my report...'

"Yes, he is a celebrity chef, but he doesn't have any opinions on Iraq."

"Geoffrey's seasonal. I'm regional."

'A Quarter-Tonner, please.'

Avocado Timeline

Teenage Angst.

Choice hellhole

'How was the squid?'

'It's a good source of calcium and contains plenty of flabonoids.'

"Bears talk."

Calorie averaging...With the oven-fresh trip-el burger, you get one French fry.

'The early bird can have the worm as far as I'm concerned -- I'd rather sleep in and then go to McDonald's.'

The marketing is out there now. People all know the pizzas are prepared on the premises. So why no customers?

"Whatever is quickest - I'm starving!"

'Hello Sir. I'm Jeff, and I'll be kissing your butt all evening in the hope of getting a decent tip.'

Fast Nouvelle Cuisine.

"You know that kid that submitted a screenplay to us on the back of a restaurant menu? I'm passing on it. I like the screenplay, but I hate that restaurant."

'As it's your birthday, I think I'll have a pudding.'

"Is the slop fresh?"

"Chef, we've run out of terracotta roof tiles!"

"Baldo, we need to talk."

"This never happened."