Secret Recipe Enthusiast Gifts

One reason secret family recipes are usually best kept secret.

'Sign this non-disclosure agreement ? I'm going to use a secret recipe.'

CIA Cafeteria: 'It's nice of you to ask, but the recipe is classified.'

'You mean we've all forgotten the formula for the secret liqueur?'

'I'm sure M'lady will appreciate the mashed potatoes. Our chef uses only grass-fed single-udder butter.'

'Muriel's philosophy is that what happens in the kitchen, stays in the kitchen.'

"No, Mother, I don't think Julian Assange is going to leak your recipe for fruitcake."

'Believe me, you don't want to know what's in it.'

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

'I never knew baking was such a violent activity. You have to beat the eggs, whip the cream, and mash the nuts.'

Cheese Secret

"I couldn't have made my family recipe raisin date nut cake with it's secret ingredient without Jimmy's help."

A man with a sign that reads "Secret of my chili $1".

The Nervous Gourmet:Low-Risk Chicken

'I've heard of cooking the books... but how did you rotisserie them and why?'

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

'My secret is putting the toil in first and adding the trouble just as it comes to a boil.'

'Mary, you must give me your stuffing recipe.'

"I dreamed that butter and sugar and eggs came back, and we all made cookies."

Virgin Olive Oil. Not-Virgin-But-Has-A-Heart-Of-Gold Olive Oil.

"The recipe? Well, there's lentils, garlic, tofu, and a pinch of our illegal secret ingredient."

Clandestine Cuisine

"Cheese fondue has gone wherever crepes Suzette and tuna Mornay went."

Endangered Entrees

"I found my great aunt Irma's delicioso roast turkey recipe!"

"This stuff comes with a prize! If you can pronounce all the ingredients, you get an honorary degree in chemistry."

'I'll tell you my secret peanut butter recipe, but please don't spread it.'

'Ok. We've tried monkey's paw, eye of newt, bat's blood and raven's claw.'

"I say we should admit him to our order. He's devout, humble, and he has an amazing secret formula for peach brandy."

"How long have we been married?"

From coach potato to kitchen potato!

'Put the cheesecake and cappuccino on one bill and the health salad on another bill so I can show my wife that I'm watching my diet.'

"You're not getting my secret bread recipe. You're on a strictly knead-to-know basis."

Health care success #3

Ghak Eisenthal invented the chicken fricassee.