Food History Buff Mugs

'I was in the catering corps.'

"Ah...the sweet smell of brominated vegetable oil...it takes me right back to my school days!"

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

Important dates in Latino history: Seven years ago, the empanada was invented.

The last blue plate special, a heaping plate of food

"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

Crossing the Nachos Grande

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

The Velvet Mesquite

"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."

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

I Heart Dinosaurs Chef

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

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

The First Roast Chicken.

Tortilla the Hun.

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

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

The kitchen at Abel Cottage

"We brought him into oversee our millennium menu...he did such a good job on the last one"

Great Moments in Culinary History.

Pizza Carried Off On A Stick Like A Wild Animal

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

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.

"I just invented the power lunch."

Five seconds before the first turducken.

Paninis of the Old West

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

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

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

'I just loved you Potatoes O' Squanto!'