Food Nostalgia Enthusiast Gifts

Before burgers mattered

"Do you remember when food had food in it?"

'Village store and Food museum'

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

'Why, of course I remember our first date -- I had filet mignon, potatoes au gratin, sauteed....'

Hashimoto's Restaurant - Sushi Like Mother Used to Make!

Church Basement Foodie

'Want a mudpie? It's organic!'

"D'you remember caramel before it all became 'salted?'"

"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."

"It's my family's special recipe, passed down through generations on the cream cheese package."

"Looks like somebody brought a blanky to a pillow fight."

"I know, boy—I miss the smoked salmon at Zabar's, too."

Like many kids, Bobby had an imaginary friend. Unfortunately for Bobby, he was a critic.

"Ah! dehydrogenated non-milk fat solids with a soupcon of deoxyhydropesane and sweetners...just like mum used to make."

Griller highlights never gets old

Flava Superba

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

"I was pretty highly respected until email came along."

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

'It's tough doing what's right when you see what's left.'

'Technology hates me.'

"So nice to see things 'a la financiere' again."

''To listen to the sea, press 1...'

'My first tattoo...'

'I googled it Mom. There's no such thing as McLiver and onions.'

"I dreamed that butter and sugar and eggs came back, and we all made cookies."

Okay. Grandma made her pie from scratch. Let's all pretend it's as good as the frozen kind.

"I guess when you run out of Tooth Fairy teeth, you gotta go get a job!"

"I'm sure you want little Jimmy to have a complete set of 'Muscular Heroes of the Cosmos,' now, don't you, Mr. Bennett?"

'Fruitcake, pfefferneusse, we'd like you to consider early retirement.'

Musical Chairs: Because kids don't already have a hard time fitting in.

"Sometimes I come up here and think about the great meals I've eaten."

'Creative right?'

"Yes, I can see where being Wendy's invisible friend all those years, and then her growing up could cause separation anxiety."