Food Trend Explorer Gifts

"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."

The Pumpkin Spice Routes

See you at the farmers market!

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

La Table

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

"Is the MSG local?"

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

All Natural Nothing

"Everything taste so divinely artisanal."

Queen of Quinoa

Nothing like traveling hundreds of miles to immerse yourself in art for the sole purpose of killing time between meals.

"From right to left, you have your tekkamaki, your futomaki, and then your yamaimo roll. The little pile of pink stuff is ginger, the green one's wasabi. And, of course, you already recognize your vodka martini."

'Is this still America?'

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

"I can't go much longer without your asking why I'm vegan."

Happy Surrogate Thanksgiving

Spontaneous Kombucha

"And exactly how is the peanut-butter-and-jelly prepared?"

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

'How was your holiday?' - 'Fantastic! Great weather! Great food! No illness!' - 'So, back to work tomorrow, then?' - 'Yeah, I guess so.' - 'Lousy, germ free holiday.'

"Hey, …. what's not to like?"

"Everything is dandy--and our intestinal biomes are joyous."

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

"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."

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

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

"Who shaves the fennel in your family?"

"Perhaps you wouln't have declared so many places 'worth a detour' if you'd held the map right way up!"

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

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

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

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

"I just found a lacto-vegan restaurant and Janet from accounts says she's FRUITAIAN!"

This is great, Ernie, there's a pennant race and the ballpark is packed every day! The food selection here is unmatched anywhere! Today I've already had nachos, a bit of hot dog and some ice cream! Coming here always makes me queasy! Oh, the foods too much for you? No, I just get nervous in a place where the term "sacrifice fly" is used!