Gourmand With Gadgets Mugs

'Phoning or non phoning?'

"Hmmm ... you're right — I forgot the brie."

"I'll have the spaghetti, does that come on toast?"

"The Bluetooth Special comes with a side order of Wi-Fi."

Sushi Train Spotters

'Beat 3,000 eggs and add one quart of 10-30W oil? So much for putting my recipes on the computer.'

"Fresh pepper?"

'The chef is just making your cheesecake now, sir.'

Gone out...here is a computer simulation of your dinner

'This makes things very messy. He's claiming he programmed the lunchroom toaster to do muffins.'

The Welsh Rarebit Mchine

Pizza-Matic

Dijon Vu

'I can't make dinner right now - I'm installing new software.'

"I'm texting my compliments to the chef!"

Capturing a Cook

"If you're as smart a refrigerator as they say you are, you'll keep your mouth shut about this."

'Honey, I think you have an error message coming in from the kitchen.'

Why Chemists shouldn't take their work home "I can't believe it's not b-b-vegetable mono & dyglycerides!"

'You say that you were a chef before retraining as an accountant?... That's good, we could use a bookkeeper who can cook.'

"I don't care how much I own – there's still something unsatisfying about digital Girl Scout Thin Mints."

Waiter, there's a wireless earbud phone in my soup.

"We're looking for a hacker to break into our competitors computers and get their recipes."

3 D printing (Mille Feuille)

"At this time, if everyone would please switch their palates to airplane mode."

"I think we need one that shows the oldest food in the country."

"Dinner's ready."

"Before I serve seconds I'd like everyone to take out their phones and complete a short survey rating Barbara's fig-nut stuffing."

Please note that our menu items have changed. For starters, press or say 1. For main courses, press or say 2. For desserts, ..........'

"I modeled our coffee maker on thermodynamic power plants!"

"Judging by the noises your stomach is making, this app can suggest which restaurant to go to, and what and how much to order."

... and fermentation is computer-controlled by a piquant little microchip from the southern slopes of Silicon Valley.