Regional Cuisine Aficionado Mugs

"Arkansas stew."

We need a new eco project. Ok. Let's get locally grown food into the school cafeteria. What's our strategy? We can start with the potatoes. I'll make the poster. We want home fries.

Big Tex Silver Saddle Restaurant advertises 'BBQ, $10, Chatter in a Vanishing Regional Dialect $1.00 Extra.'

'Of course you're very dear to me - that meal just cost a fortune.'

"But if you leave New Orleans, you'll be just another sandwich."

Sustainability files, ways to reduce your carbon footprint

'You're going to be in heaven. Cindy makes the most amazing carrot cakes!'

"I love finding my food at the Farmers Market. Makes me feel like a true pioneer."

Mom? Eco club is starting a campaign to eat local food. Good idea. Would you please pack me a lunch from organic stuff grown near here? Ok. I'm sure we have something. Thanks! Oh, boy. A beet sandwich.

"And finally the chef's surprise - the check!"

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

"Say it with Pierogies"

"Linguini for two?"

Seasonal workers in the restaurant trade: 'Salt...pepper'.

'listen - it's haute cuisine, coming up the river from New Orleans.'

Man on Stilts in a Market

"Here's to a great post-meal nap."

Inappropriate garnish.

"My compliments to Mummy!"

"How about you? Were you 'locally raised'?"

'Fruits, vegetables, herbs, spices, nuts, berries, roots, tubers, stems, leaves.'

Family.

Meanwhile in Yorkshire

Looks like I do dishes again.

"Who do you think you're fooling, Henry, smelling the cork and tasting the wine? The only wine you ever buy comes in a box!"

"It's Brooklyn clam chowder - you got a problem with that?"

'This should increase our business.'

'Of course I'd never have so much as looked at Timothy if it wasn't for his nose for truffles.'

'It's farm-to-table-to-farm dining.'

Publishing Co. The story of a young chef struggling to make baked goods? "Foodie and the Yeast."!

Restaurant scene; diners are shown kneeling in reverence at their tables.

“It's his first hibachi.”

'A bit pungent, perhaps, but very satisfying.'

Marty's Burgers. Under One Billion Served.

"Sometimes I come up here and think about the great meals I've eaten."