Preserving Food Gifts

The little preservative that could

"Behold! As I transform this family size frozen lasagna into a meal for one."

'I couldn't stand the heat, so I got out of the kitchen.'

'Oh man I've got a splitting headache.'

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

'A little piece of advice, Verl. . . cut your sandwich loaf on a diagonal . . . that way people will think they're gettin' more.'

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

'I cleaned over thirty fish today.' - 'That takes guts.'

MUSHROOM MASACRE.

"That’s a toaster. It’s a tanning bed for bread."

Wendy likes horses...and she is a keen cook.

"Yes, it's a safe: I was fed up with my winter provisions being raided by freeloaders!"

PREPARING A POMEGRANATE FOR DUMMIES

"Can you turn these mashed potatoes into french fries?"

'The vegetables sat in the crisper for hours...days...a whole week. Then suddenly, the drawer opened. A hand reached in, grabbed the kale, and all you could hear was the sound of...A Garbage disposal.'

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

Surprise in the salad bowl

The Gardener's Holiday: Don't leave produce behind you to perish.

"Karen's idea of wine reduction..."

Recipe involving the switching off of the smoke alarm...

"I hope you're not using any of the canned food I so diligently stockpiled.

'Ugh, I hate food with preservatives.'

Culinary surgery.

'I don't know how much more of this I can take!'

"Just one more outburst and I can have this chicken tenderized."

Bonita shows up late for the girls' Thursday night 'Jam Session'.

A butcher and his apprentice.

Macho Vegetarian

"All good things must come to an end...unless I use both of my giant-size super-pots."

'Are you sure you don't have any Indian blood?.'

"How much longer on your visionary gnocchi, Stefano?"

"It's good to see that... ...Tia Carmen teaching Gracie valuable family traditions passed down through the generations."