Imaginative Cook Gifts

Frank & Ernie's Diner. Special: Scrabbled Eggs. No, sir, it's not a misprint -- Ernie adds alphabet soup.

Children's Feast.

Elfian lady grilling on mushroom: 'Summertime in the Enchanted Forest'.

'And it comes with oven mitts, butter, sour cream and chives.'

Chez Nous Menu

Baloneystini

All-Candy Seder.

'Mom, the donut is drinking my milk!'

Tzatzikicicle

Children's Dream Dinners: Superhero Special

Picasso

Writer and his Muse on a cookout.

"I'm starving! How long will dinner be?"

'It had taken some time, but the finding of a spaghetti junction brought immense satisfaction.'

Blue Blazer Cocktail.

"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!"

Spatula Conductor

Get me a bottle of house white. I need to clean the stainless steel surfaces.

'Try slicing the bread, Brian!'

"And he's a nutritional-support animal, too."

Salvador Deli

Artist and chiken

Spiro & Pusho mincing fish in meat mincer.

'Now where did I put my knitting needles?'

Comment on food.

Who wants to lick the swatters.

'This is Muriel's kitchen, where the magic happens -- you know, Voodoo and stuff like that.'

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

'Hoopla!'

Cooks

Clandestine Cuisine

Pizza, the CD

Wow. That was a lot faster. (Published originally on October 20, 2011.)

Wife at breakfast: 'We're out of sugar - how about chocolate milk on your cereal?'

"She'll only eat it if I cut it up in cloverleaf shapes, serve it on a blue plate, and do a little dance as I serve it."