Food Historians Gifts

The Velvet Mesquite

"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.'

Crossing the Nachos Grande

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

Acme Foods. Research and Development. Then it's an "no" on the Mexican Jumping Bean Dip?

"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."

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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'.

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

The kitchen at Abel Cottage

Tortilla the Hun.

"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.'

A lot of attention gets paid to the Earl of Sandwich, and rightfully so, but let's not forget to show some respect for that neglected Lord of Lunch, the Viscount of Potato Salad.

Food history: Invention of the doughnut. Why the hole? Always leave them wanting more!

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

Taste of the east (London).

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

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

Prehistoric Doughnut Stand.

Five seconds before the first turducken.

Paninis of the Old West

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

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

"I just invented the power lunch."

'...and tell the butcher I want the biggest, fattest Christmas goose...' '...the Health Dept. shut him down.'

'I just loved you Potatoes O' Squanto!'

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

"It's true. Your great-grandfather was right there at the beginning of blackened redfish."