Global Gastronomy Enthusiast Gifts

Culture clash

Come dine with me!

Try to guess the continent dining...

"I envy you, but my dietary requirements make it difficult for me to travel..."

Birthday Cakes: From Around the World

'I hope you all like stuffing.'

'This is delicious. I'm glad I didn't try to order in Italian.'

Ethnic food springing out of a menu.

'This is my kind of Chinese...A chocolate double fudge fortune cookie!'

"Say it with Pierogies"

'Which are the most popular and least popular items, and which have been on the menu the longest and shortest times?'

'All our family's creativity is channelled into finding ways to gain weight.

"And here you have a brown thing next to something greenish, with some sort of brown runny stuff underneath it."

"This time, let's not just fill up on bread."

"Step right up, lady and gents, and scoop yourself a heaping helping of the best spicy meat and bean stew this side of the mighty Mississippi!"

The Fault of the Fowl

Children hold hands around a map of the world with picnic food.

"Mas agua for the gringos?"

" 'Chicken Vindaloo for the Hindu Soul' is but the tip of the iceberg in our initial strategy of global expansion."

Now I can afford anything on the menu, I can't digest anything on the menu.

"Do you mind if I give you feedback?"

Nigella Lawson

'If you were in a hurry, sir, you shoudn't have ordered the overnight marinade.'

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

'Not an unqualified success chef...'

" 'Tonight's Specials,' a poem."

"It probably tastes better than it looks!"

"We take pride in offering food that's simple, basic, yet absurdly expensive."

'A bit pungent, perhaps, but very satisfying.'

'My compliments to your bioengineer.'

We're sunk. Everyone's supposed to bring their Grandma's best dish to the potluck. Don't panic. Helen's Grandma was from Scotland. Yeah. But the Patakis cook Indian feasts. And the Mercantis still make 10 course Italian dinners. What was your Granny's specialty? Jell-o cube salad. Mmm ... sweet or savory?

"The chef is a frustrated architect."

"How would you describe your trip to China?"

'Grumphie and frijol yields an unpleasant aubade.'

"Well, finally!!"