Hosting Christmas Dinner Gifts

"You don't use a cookbook, Tia Carmen?"

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"I'm afraid the challah got a little burnt this week."

Party time.

'Aw, mom! How come I always have to eat at the kiddie carcass?'

'I'm thankful you didn't make turnips.'

'I'll be conducting Mahler 3 as the guests arrive.'

How to make an unforgettable dinner for four

"My client greatly regrets the incident with the carving knife. However, in her defense, 14 people were coming for Thanksgiving and her husband, who had just one job to do, bought only 8 rolls."

"I stuffed it with things found around the house."

'I couldn't find my measuring cups, so I had to kind of wing it with the stuffing.'

I don't do wishbones. I do just-make-it-happen bones.

"Two questions: What time are the guests arriving, and do you still want me to slice the pepperoni?"

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Chefs-R-Us

If I have to eat another mouthful of that sludge I'm gonna puke...

'Just decaning the wine, Dear; I'll be in, in a sec. Someone's at the door; and oh, yeah, the dog needs to be let in.'

'You talk about her so much. Why don't you invite that Alma Mater of yours to dinner sometime?'

Home for the Holidays

'This year, I thought I'd try a self-basting turkey!'

"It helps if you think of it as a turkey."

"The host? He'll be the guy standing here, alone, when the wine's gone."

'Oof.'

'Mary, you must give me your stuffing recipe.'

Christmas was the one time of year when Roger could take advantage of working in the genetic research laboratory.

What will I do with it? It will never fit in the microwave.

"Do I still have to sit at the kid's table?"

You are what you eat.

So glad you could make it!

'Yuck! My creamed corn is polluting my mashed potatoes!'

'Your wife is right on that one. When you're invited to dinner, you take a bottle of wine as a token of your appreciation.'

Tinguely, Jean. Homage to the Dinner Party Mother Spent Months Preparing. Performance Piece. 1926.

Too full after after Christmas dinner!

"This is sort of my little homage to the American farm woman."

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