Food Sampling Gifts

'Imitation cheese and non-alcoholic wine tasting.'

Somewhere in France

"I was with you right up to the cumin."

"Just bring me something that's going to look good on social media."

'Enjoy your meal! We grow everything ourselves!'

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

'Oh, and I suppose I'm the only one who's ever heard it's a 'dog eat dog world'?'

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

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

Try to guess the continent dining...

Picking pastries.

"You say your crème needs more Brulée?"

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

'We can order Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Greek or Chinese...'

"Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, onion bagel with Nutella and cream cheese, dirt, dirt, dirt..."

The Main Types of Cheese

Before/After

"How fresh is the calamari?"

Our visit to the flan factory.

"Any of you guys feel like hot dogs?"

"I come here for the pepper."

Sauce for the Goose

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

"I read somewhere that truffles are a gateway fungus."

"Pizza sounds wonderful. Italian, Greek or Hipster?"

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

"Must everything with you be a landmark decision?"

"You got maybe one that smells like cheese blintzes frying?"

"Charles didn't like tofu."

"I'm afraid it's not cheese, it's 'cheese-like'."

Grand Escargot at a Parisian Eatery.

Church Basement Foodie

Gramma's Tators & Gravy...All You Can Eat!