Local Flavor Explorer Gifts

'You travelled 6,000 miles to find Chateau Grande Magnifique? Buddy, you're looking at it.'

"And which regional cuisine would you be interested in this evening—Northwester, Southwestern, Southeastern, or Northeastern?"

Bad for you but to die for

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

'We can order Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Greek or Chinese...'

'Wait until you taste the artisanal water. It's not to be believed.'

Ice Cream Dreams.

Nothing like traveling hundreds of miles to immerse yourself in art for the sole purpose of killing time between meals.

"Yes, we have blue cheese. Do you want it in electric, sky or navy blue?"

Your lobster was off!

Too much cilantro

The prophet who changed water into diet grapefruit soda.

"From right to left, you have your tekkamaki, your futomaki, and then your yamaimo roll. The little pile of pink stuff is ginger, the green one's wasabi. And, of course, you already recognize your vodka martini."

'It's the essence of springtime. You're really enjoying it.'

"Is Pinot Noir where you want to be?"

I love Cannelloni

"I use broccoli rabe as a litmus test."

'Is this still America?'

Grand Escargot at a Parisian Eatery.

"Charles didn't like tofu."

"Bob takes everything with a grain of salt...and pepper...and garlic..."

"I can't go much longer without your asking why I'm vegan."

"Pistachio almond—that's the buyout."

F&E Diner. Beer. Wine. This wine paralyzes the taste buds --- It goes with anything!

"And exactly how is the peanut-butter-and-jelly prepared?"

“Our numbers grow greater and greater. Soon the era of the spices will be at hand”

"Being vegan or vegetarian isn't enough anymore. From now on I will only cook stuff I stepped in on the sidewalk."

"They won't even try their palate cleansers!"

'How was your holiday?' - 'Fantastic! Great weather! Great food! No illness!' - 'So, back to work tomorrow, then?' - 'Yeah, I guess so.' - 'Lousy, germ free holiday.'

And then in Italy. . . "But I really don't like bubblegum gelato."

"Hey, …. what's not to like?"

"Everything is dandy--and our intestinal biomes are joyous."

"Pumpkin spice has been very good to me."

"Perhaps you wouln't have declared so many places 'worth a detour' if you'd held the map right way up!"

"Next time make up your mind and just pick one!"