Food Trend Gifts

A woman looks at greeting cards in a section entitled "New Pie".

"It's kohlrabi, the next hot vegetable."

La Table

"You said the cauliflower is locally grown – would you elaborate?"

"Don't tell me we're eating Paleo again."

"Everything taste so divinely artisanal."

"Our fresh seasonal hand-crafted brews contain a full serving of spring vegetables."

"Mom, I'm at work – let me call you back after I finish stocking milk for wealthy vegans who like beet juice in their meat alternatives so they can still get that bloody effect when cooking without guilt."

See you at the farmers market!

"Is the MSG local?"

Queen of Quinoa

"Fee-fi-fo-fum, I smell Thursday's gluten-free lasagna!"

All Natural Nothing

"You ordered the organic, unprocessed, whole wheat spaghetti?"

Happy Surrogate Thanksgiving

Spontaneous Kombucha

"I always end up buying way more black-truffle honey than I intended."

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."

"I used to be a vegetarian. Then I became a vegan. Then a fruitarian. Now I only eat manna that falls from Heaven."

"There must be a place we can wait on line for an hour before eating."

"For the first half hour, I was, like, really there. Enchanted. But I found the wild-quail confit so disappointing that not even the fig reduction on the poached pear could get me back."

"Who shaves the fennel in your family?"

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

Child Sells Gluten Free Mudpies

"Can you reinvent the classic grilled cheese for me?"

I'd like a mocha almond vanilla latte...hold the coffee.

"Nothing is organic, local or sustainable. Now, can we get started?"

Cinema with a salad bar in its lobby.

"Who's been nibbling at my kale house?"

"Here we go again, every 30,000 years or so this Paleo diet becomes a fad."

"Fridge-to-table"

"Everybody's doing quinoa—at least Kamut still has a nice grainier-than-thou quality."

'Bad news! More people are switching from red meat to fish!'

'It's one of those trendy 'warm salads,' with sausage, fried eggs, bacon and black pudding.'

The Pumpkin Spice Routes