Regional Foodie Pillows

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

''Pop'? In my part of the country they're called a 'Soda-Tart'.'

"This place is one of New York's best-kept secrets."

"Where do we put Desserts?"

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

"Is the MSG local?"

A corner market is taken over by suburban sprawl.

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Meticulously prepared, locally sourced food served on artifacts of a romanticized industrial past, by people who take their fashion cues from daguerreotypes, to adults whose parents still pay their rent.

As I say, local produce, locally produced; all our meats tonight come form our local meat processing plant.

"Waiter, can you find out if this hair in my arugula salad is locally harvested?"

'Tropical fruit, imported cheese, coconuts...I'm not really into that 'eat locally' stuff.'

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"

Man on Stilts in a Market

(Direct to the Consumer)

'It's all local, except for the fish. They're from the ocean.'

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

Meanwhile in Yorkshire

'I think we should eat out in the hotel tomorrow dear.'

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

'This should increase our business.'

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

'What do you expect? It's not summer anymore.'

'Is it local?'

"I flew South once. Couldn't buy a decent soft pretzel."

'I'd heard that they like to source their food locally'

"All our water is locally sourced. From a little something we call 'the kitchen faucet'."

"What's so great about eating local? It's all fast food."

"On the plus side, all the ingredients are local."

First Robins of Spring on a Stick

Too full after after Christmas dinner!

'As you can see, we take the concept of local food very seriously...'