Foodie With A Taste For Nostalgia Gifts

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

'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!

"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."

Church Basement Foodie

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

Crossing the Nachos Grande

"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."

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

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

"Your old Jewish mother with some pickled herring, sir. To remind you of your roots,"

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

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

Griller highlights never gets old

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

"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.

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

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

'Technology hates me.'

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

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."

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

'That's why it's called a full English breakfast.'

'Village store and Food museum'

"mmmmm. Now that's takeaway the way my mother used to order."

'What was the best thing before sliced bread?'

Recipes from the Revised Senior Citizen Cookbook

We still prepare our food the old fashioned way...from a can!

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

A TV Shopping for a TV Dinner.

'It's good, and don't get me wrong, but nobody microwaves like my mom.'

'Tastes just like the cans of soup my Mom used to open and heat.'

'Tastes just like the cans of soup my Mom used to open and heat.'