French Cooking Pillows

Robinson le Creusot

"Gigot de sept heures."

Cooking souffle.

Restaurant Francais: All you can pronounce £30.

"...But ASIDE from that, how was your trip to France?"

"All the butter was gone. There was no way out. The puff pastry had to be made with margarine... from a tub."

'Your stab at ordering the wine in French went well.'

Garlic Free Zone.

Grand Escargot at a Parisian Eatery.

"The prices they charge here, you'd expect them to have an oven not just a gas ring!"

"I think foie gras is French for endless buffet."

"Oh, but we could be so good together...!"

'Two famous French wines.' 'Red and white.'

"Then again, an honest profile picture would not have got me a wonderful 'Duck Confit with a Chocolat Creme Brulee.'"

Cooking with Pierre

''Romantic'? No -- but it makes me feel like having a CROISSANT!'

'The escargots are underdone.'

'The Entrecote a la Bordelaise? It's stuff on a plate.'

'Here's a good one, France on 2000 calories a day.'

'Hey, Frenchie - you call this paupiettes de beouf aux legumes?'

"Interested in some romantic punk rock during your dinner?"

'My French is not so good.'

If you give a mouse a French cookie: "And suddenly the memory returns. The taste was that of the little crumb of madeleine which on Sunday mornings at..."

"My bouche was not amused."

Culinary Culture.

"I love when you make asparagus soup!"

"Our French chef just quit, so instead of the crepes you ordered, I made a breakfast burrito."

"Pat? de fois gras avec des petits pois et pommes de terre au gratin? Very well, sir ? is generic okay?"

'Yes, all our flambe dishes come with injury, liability insurance.'

French man holding a dish.

'Madam, we do not discuss Julia Child at Maison Henri.'

It's crème brûlée, Julia. It doesn't have a subtext.

'If that is a toenail, it is a French toenail.'

Garlic, the wonderful stinking rose.

"The Garlic Escargot Velouté...would you like that in the traditional tureen, or supersized in a bucket?"