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New Acquisitions at the Museum of Modern Food

"It's an old family recipe my great-grandmother found on the internet."

'I just saw this fall out of a chicken's bum...let's eat it!'

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

"Sure, while you went out robbing folks I stayed here and made a nice quiche, and just to prove I'm not a sissy I made it with mountain lion instead of ham."

Grandma's caf

'I was in the catering corps.'

The Velvet Mesquite

Crossing the Nachos Grande

"You'll find that as a restaurateur I've worked hard to showcase the finest in organic and free range ingredients that have been harvested and prepared in authentic and traditional ways."

I Heart Dinosaurs Chef

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

'It appears to be a kosher for Passover recipe.'

'If Darwin had been the cook on the Beagle' 'Menu- its Evolution'.

Tortilla the Hun.

The kitchen at Abel Cottage

'You folks just sit right there and I'll go kill some hors d'oeuvres.'

"Remember the good old days, when all we had to worry about was a dollar-sixty-a-pound sirloin?"

Great Moments in Culinary History.

'Madam, we do not discuss Julia Child at Maison Henri.'

'We don't eat just anyone, ya know. You should feel honored.'

"I hunted, Tirka gathered, and Crock made chili."

Taste of the east (London).

'And exactly where did you find the 'antique salami slicer'?'

Prehistoric Doughnut Stand.

Five seconds before the first turducken.

Paninis of the Old West

"Blessed are the Greek, for they shall invent olive oil."

"I just invented the power lunch."

"Not the Verity Brewster? The Verity Brewster who invented sweet-potato casserole with marshmallows on top?"

"Yams, pie, stuffing, pumpkin, bean casserole, biscuits, corn, cranberry sauce, carrots, mashed potatoes...where's the turkey?"

"The Normans are coming and I can't decide on whether to pour a simple consomme on them, or a more complex bisque."

Before the wheel.

'I just loved you Potatoes O' Squanto!'

"Yo, Mr. 'Knight of the Round Table' — this isn’t cilantro, it’s parsley."