Playful Culinary Explorer Gifts

'I don't eat red meat.' 'This is green.'

"I was with you right up to the cumin."

"Boil, toil and trouble, I wish I'd never started this risotto."

"When I was your age. I was really smelly."

'Why, of course I remember our first date -- I had filet mignon, potatoes au gratin, sauteed....'

'Only the years when the market was Bullish...'

'Like death by salad.'

Two books: 'The Joy of Cooking' next to 'The Joy of Dieting'.

Try to guess the continent dining...

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

Heavy man sees 'Comfort Food' aisle

"Oh, look- French! Let's try it."

'Strained carrots again! What am I being punished for this time?'

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

Before/After

"Don't you just hate restaurants that make you feel rushed?"

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

"I feel like pushing the envelope this morning, honey, starting with a little grape jelly for that bran muffin."

'Burl says it only works with corn though if you want to try it.'

"I cook the sausages in French mineral water, I wear a French beret and I can call you 'Monsieur'."

Sauce for the Goose

"All of tonight's specials dance around the whole GMO thing."

Barbecued dessert, anyone? The coals are PERFECT now!

"I've never heard of it, either, but nothing ventured, nothing gained, I always say!"

Leaning Wine Bottle of Pisa

"Hi. What kind of wine goes with fruit salad?"

French wine

'I'll have the bacon and hay wrap.'

Important Food Groups

Our visit to the flan factory.

'See? You call my look 'a midlife crisis' but for these guys it's a major TV series.'

"Incredible! Once again, you've made the perfect piece of toast."

'Men order. . . women shop.'

I wish I'd had the review.

Cake Friday!