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."

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

All Natural Nothing

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

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

We are shaped by what we love! Especially pizza and doughnuts!

Party time.

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

"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."

You're the sizzle in my roast!

"Your meal sounded nice."

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

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

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

Dad's old fashioned barbeque

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

Thermidor Dali

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

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

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

Snacks for Learners

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

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

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

'I would kill for a truffle.'

'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?'

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

Empty landscape containing food and stationery.

"Whatever diet they're on, tell them what they ordered is PERFECT for them."

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