Taste Exploration Gifts

'That's the last time I ask the Walkers to dinner. They offered to bring the ketchup.'

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

"Just bring me something that's going to look good on social media."

'Enjoy your meal! We grow everything ourselves!'

"When you say that love is in the air, you're referring to the smells from the food trucks, right?"

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

'Oh, and I suppose I'm the only one who's ever heard it's a 'dog eat dog world'?'

'Why, of course I remember our first date -- I had filet mignon, potatoes au gratin, sauteed....'

"O young, naive one...you must know the golden rule of the kitchen. To avoid the mother of all disrespects...never criticize the cooking of a family elder."

"So this coffee shop if your 'hangout'?"

Picking pastries.

-'but for a full English breakfast you can't beat Blackpool,sir.'

Try to guess the continent dining...

"Tonight, perhaps Mrs. Lewis would prefer this quiet little table for two from which to send back her entrée?"

"You say your crème needs more Brulée?"

Careful, the plate's probably still hot.

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

'We can order Lebanese, Thai, Italian, Indian, Greek or Chinese...'

'Wait until you taste the artisanal water. It's not to be believed.'

The Main Types of Cheese

Too much cilantro

"Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, onion bagel with Nutella and cream cheese, dirt, dirt, dirt..."

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

"I read somewhere that truffles are a gateway fungus."

"Everything taste so divinely artisanal."

"How fresh is the calamari?"

Ice Cream Dreams.

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

"Any of you guys feel like hot dogs?"

"I come here for the pepper."

Before/After

The prophet who changed water into diet grapefruit soda.

"Yes, we have blue cheese. Do you want it in electric, sky or navy blue?"

"Pizza sounds wonderful. Italian, Greek or Hipster?"

Our visit to the flan factory.