Home Prep Perfectionist Gifts

The Movers Strip - Coffee table reading

'But Mom, I like potatoes in their jackets.'

Under pressure.

Grandma's caf

'Six different chefs in six months and they still can't make a decent broth!'

"I've been listening to your podcast. And though I agree with your opinion on deforestation and global warming, I strongly disagree with your claim that I overcook my pasta."

"This alphabet soup is in Times New Roman. I ordered Segoe Script! May I please speak to the chef?"

"That sister of yours sure has some nerve asking for those leftovers - we earned them."

Woman puts a targeting sight on her vacuum cleaner.

"How much longer on your visionary gnocchi, Stefano?"

Bread maker, coffee maker, tea maker, pasta maker.

Staycation Photos

'I don't understand it - there was a little pile of solar dust from Advanced Composition Explorer right here a moment ago.'

Food Pyramid

'I told you I only cook with my mother's Italian spices. She just left Naples and should be here with them in about eight hours.'

'Well, it WAS a pretty coffee table until Dave spilled coffee on it!'

'Mine was stone cold.'

"We'd like bruschetta, and we'd like it pronounced correctly."

"Don't you just love it when they lick the plates?"

'My Graham is very house-proud.'

Looks like I do dishes again.

"At what point did my Boeuf Bourguignonne become a pejorative beef stew?"

'Coming to you direct from table nine; 'the polenta is cold'.'

"If Labor Day is supposed to be a day off for workers to spend time with their families...I think Tia Carmen needs a day off from Labor Day."

Antonio Carluccio.

'You don't like it, do you?'

"I never go anywhere unprepared!"

"And then in Italy Paola's collection of canned tomatoes is unrivaled"

"Baldo, I finally got that stain out of your favorite shirt! Of course, I had to use my scissors."

"I try not to be picky, but this meal is a bit too sticky!"

'Thaw for 24 hours. They should have told me that yesterday.'

Man complaining about a a knot in his spaghetti

"Sufferin' sagebrush, Cookie! You call this pasta 'Al Dente?!"

4 Failure Types: Mr. Underprepared, Ms. Overprepared, Ms. Insecure, Mr. Overconfident

'Dad's teaching me about the all-you-can-eat buffet line and how to get the most out of each trip.'