Group Meals Gifts

"To save everyone from suffering in polite restraint, I shall eat the last slice."

A woman standing beside a stove full of steaming pots and pans.

"Where do we put Desserts?"

"Who ordered the double chocolate parfait with a cherry on top?"

Chez Nous Menu

'I'm worried about him, he eats his vegetables, but not his dessert!'

'Congratulations, dear! Your home cooked dinner was so good you'd think it was an expensive frozen entree!'

'Thanksgiving's no holiday for turkeys or the women who cook them.'

"Can you turn these mashed potatoes into french fries?"

Making healthy substitutions at mealtime

I'm your girlfriend and best friend so I get twice as many slices

"When it comes to turkeys, Mom, you sure know your stuff-ing."

'Well, isn't this nice? Three generations all sitting down together.'

A man and baby wearing bibs

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

'A hacker broke into our computer and, in an act of human kindness, deleted your mother's recipe for peppers and meat loaf.'

"Once you get over the three hundred and sixty eight texts it took to plan this, it really is nice to get together."

'I'm saving some for leftovers tomorrow.'

"All good things must come to an end...unless I use both of my giant-size super-pots."

"You're close, but you're not the record. The record for one family in one booth—all from out of state, each ordering a complete breakfast—was set in 1978, with fifteen."

Unintelligible speaker at Subway Announcers Dinner.

"Mum, why can't we just have a normal Sunday roast like other families?"

"Mom told me to make my vegetables disapear."

'Thanks for inviting me to dinner - it's really great!'

"Mother will never be able to rest on her laurels. If they're green, she'll cook them."

"Mom, Eugene picked all the peanuts off the pizza!"

'Carrot salad, carrot casserole, carrot juice, carrot cake - I want steak!'

"Forget George, he scarfs down everything in sight. Aunt Rose and Grandma are good for slipping us a slice. Most important, the kids are sloppy. We're bound to find some juicy scraps under their chairs. Stay alert!"

'Your mother spent a lot of time on this meal, so wag your tail even if you don't like it.'

'After you with the camouflage.'

'For the last time, Megan, she won a blue ribbon at the Imperial Valley Fair... I mean, my hands are tied here.'

"So...that's B11, C8, F5, and A3?"

"Oh -- just scrape it off."

"I mean, he does have a point."

"Tonight, we'll be eating hot dogs with a mustard-ketchup-and-pickle purée, accompanied by peas lightly sprinkled with ketchup. Then fettuccine al dente with a ketchup sauce, followed by applesauce maison with a dollop of you know what!"