Literary Gourmand Gifts

Bookworm group

"This place is famous for its short fiction about food."

Cook in the cookery section.

French BookstoreCafe.

Chicken Soup for the Lunch.

The wonderful world of cheese.

"I just finished your manuscript and I found the ending delicious."

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

"I envy you, but my dietary requirements make it difficult for me to travel..."

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

Recipes from the Jean-Paul Sartre Cookbook

Grand Escargot at a Parisian Eatery.

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

'Hard to follow...'

"If Sinatra had eaten here he'd have loved it."

"We suggest you study the menu in our reading room before being seated in the dining room."

"Perhaps we should cleanse our palates first?"

Never write a sonnet on an empty stomach

"It's Chicken Mole!"

"Bill just does celebrity cook-books these days, that's where the real money is."

Just one more choccy...

Tomorrow we'll cheer the fourth of July! Picnics with families mean hot dogs to buy! Flags will be waving so proudly up high! And fireworks displays will light the night sky which Frank will miss due to way too much pie! Pie Eating Contest!

Writer and his Muse on a cookout.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways … Open Mike Night Presents Sadie Cohen. I love thee to the depth and breadth and height my ladle can reach … When feeling hungry for the crunch of crouton and ideal lettuce. I love thee to the level of every day's most quiet need ... by cheesy bread and chicken wing. I love thee freely, as men strive for right. I eat of thee freely, and then, at four, 'tis goodnight. O Sizzler salad bar, how do I love thee? I'm hungry.

'The crepes of wrath.' 'Joad's mobile pancake store.'

'Would that be rare, or medium rare?'

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

An art director eats: 'Waiter! Does this lettuce say 'salad' to you?'

'I'm afraid the Chef's Surprise today is that he ran off with one of the waitresses.'

'Are you ready for dessert?'

"Monsieur Proust, we would like to discuss product placement for one of our cakes...."

Dijon Vu

'Don't worry, Sir. Most of our customers get indigestion when they see the bill.'

"Jeffrey eats everything, Mom, because no one has told him what he doesn't like."

'I couldn't put the book down... I had peanut butter and jelly on my hands!'