Recipe Enthusiast Gifts

'You dope. You bought Hamburger Helper, but this is lamb.'

"It says the box contains all the ingredients needed for a delicious chicken dinner."

Foodie Culture

Health care success #3

Ghak Eisenthal invented the chicken fricassee.

"Before I provide the secret to happiness, I must warn you that it will be conveyed in the form of a recipe."

"Was there a photo in the recipe book? I'd love to see what it's meant to look like."

"Mmmmm, harissa dusted haricot vert. That sounds much more interesting than green beans with pepper powder."

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

"Together ideas for couples" "Slap a sandwich together" "Put two and two together" "Pull themselves together" "Rub two sticks together" "Try to hold it together" "String a phrase together"

Domestic Goddess.

'My diet's good...I'm two weeks ahead of schedule.'

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

"Christmas drinks 'n' nibbles system"

Happy Knife, Happy Wife

'Er . . . and a fork for me...'

"You're worried about salmonella? We're vultures for cripes sake!"

"Compliments to the chef! Pass it on."

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

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

Health and Safety Gone Mad.

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

Elfian lady grilling on mushroom: 'Summertime in the Enchanted Forest'.

Man with 'Real Ale' written on t-shirt, woman with 'Real Pine' written on rolling pin

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."

"The recipe said to let the chicken rest after it comes out of the oven!"

Party time.

Baker Romance

'You're lucky there, Sir. That's the last one in the world.'

"It's smells so good, but why do you have to wait so long?!"

"It was wonderful, Henri. Arnold had died and gone to heaven."

'As a surprise I thought I'd give the new cookbook a try tonight.'

"Ooooooh, just what I wanted!"

'Don't let him pick the wine. He thinks Dom Perignon was someone who got knocked off on the Sopranos.'