No-frills Foodie Gifts

Restaurant: Come & Get It! Bland Cuisine - 'Just plain food, good, but nothing fancy.'

"Yo, Cézanne, paint faster. I need those grapes for the Madeira sauce."

All Natural Nothing

"I chose to stand up to special interest groups!"

'You realize we're only having three people over...'

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

"Tia Carmen's not happy unless she can send people away with a plate of leftovers for the road."

Party time.

"I think you put too much healthy food in our smart refrigerator. It's about to spit it all out."

"What time did you say you wanted me to start drinking?"

"We've misjudged the tapas again."

"Your meal sounded nice."

"I'll be glad when the television is fixed."

You're the sizzle in my roast!

"The special is… pine nut encrusted… filet of salmon… in a balsamic wine reduction."

"This crew gets 15 miles to the pound of gruel. They're very fuel efficient."

Thermidor Dali

Dad's old fashioned barbeque

'I decided to start buying food in bulk. I hope you're hungry!'

'Are you sure these sprouts aren't GM?.'

'Ok. I'm cooking dinner. What sounds good?'

'Pumpkin pie isn't dessert. It's another vegetable.'

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

Snacks for Learners

'I would kill for a truffle.'

"And this is my oldest son I was telling you about. The one that eats like a horse."

"He'd like the broiled monkfish, too, but first he's having a quick taste of the gutter."

'The chef is just making your cheesecake now, sir.'

"I bought you a cook book. Think of it as technical support."

'Oh, sure, it gets the creative juices going, but is it worth the cost?'

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

"Oh, aye - he's never slow at stepping up to the plate."

'He refuses to overeat and get plump. Do you think he knows something we don't?'

"Rosalie's signature chicken dish is simplicity itself."

'Red or white wine with fish?' 'They're dead. They don't care.'