Local Eating Gifts

'Eat locally - all roadkill from 8-mile radius'

"M'lady, we’ve reached peak Brooklyn."

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

-'but for a full English breakfast you can't beat Blackpool,sir.'

'Have you been 'helping the environment by supporting local produce' again?'

"Is the MSG local?"

See you at the farmers market!

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

"This is locally grown and good for the environment, but it may give you greenhouse gas."

"But if you leave New Orleans, you'll be just another sandwich."

Sustainability files, ways to reduce your carbon footprint

Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

As I say, local produce, locally produced; all our meats tonight come form our local meat processing plant.

'Tropical fruit, imported cheese, coconuts...I'm not really into that 'eat locally' stuff.'

"Waiter, can you find out if this hair in my arugula salad is locally harvested?"

As soon as he began speaking Manuel's Spanish accent was unmistakeable and he was evicted from the Local food group.

"Say it with Pierogies"

"Jersey Tomatoes" vs. "Jersey toMAHtoes"

"No, we don't have field to plate provenance for each bean."

(Direct to the Consumer)

Man on Stilts in a Market

'It's all local, except for the fish. They're from the ocean.'

'Fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, nuts, berries, roots, tubers, stems, leaves.'

'I think we should eat out in the hotel tomorrow dear.'

'This should increase our business.'

'It's farm-to-table-to-farm dining.'

'All our food is locally sourced.'

"You're the one who wanted to go someplace off the beaten track - you ask him what's gluten free."

"Where can I find your organic, locally raised children?"

''Pop'? In my part of the country they're called a 'Soda-Tart'.'

'What do you expect? It's not summer anymore.'

"Look dear...I bought two farmers!"