Tasting Menus Gifts

'It's the essence of springtime. You're really enjoying it.'

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

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

"You'll love this. It's swarthy yet munificent, didactic and gregarious with hints of dogma."

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

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

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

Try to guess the continent dining...

Picking pastries.

"You say your crème needs more Brulée?"

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

"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."

"Vindaloo hot enough?"

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

The Main Types of Cheese

"How fresh is the calamari?"

Our visit to the flan factory.

"Any of you guys feel like hot dogs?"

"I come here for the pepper."

The Coffee Shop Vats of New Jersey

Gaston's Gourmet Truckstop

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

"Is the MSG local?"

A shop selling "Ice-cold Vodka" in 31 flavors.

"Must everything with you be a landmark decision?"

"You got maybe one that smells like cheese blintzes frying?"

"The soup of the day is pineapple with a hint of rum."

'We don't know which gate flight 311 to Denver is boarding. These are the menus.'

Gramma's Tators & Gravy...All You Can Eat!

Church Basement Foodie

Grand Escargot at a Parisian Eatery.

"Bob takes everything with a grain of salt...and pepper...and garlic..."

"Charles didn't like tofu."

Cheese

'Men order. . . women shop.'