Through His Stomach: Difference between revisions

* Nodame's crush on Chiaki in ''[[Nodame Cantabile]]'' could perhaps be largely attributed to Chiaki's outstanding cooking skills, which save her from eating instant ramen for dinner every day.

* Parodied in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]''. Tamahome is forced by circumstances to break up with Miaka. She, of course, is hurt and confused, and when it's time to prepare lunch, Miaka volunteers to help out. She ends up cooking with Xi Fang, the foster daughter of the Byakko Warriors Tokaki and Subaru, whom circumstances lead Miaka to be jealous of. Miaka gets distracted and burns all that she cooks, while Xi Fang's cooking is perfect, and [[Hilarity Ensues]] when everyone takes the first bite and is instantly put off. Bonus points when Tamahome makes a spiteful comment about her cooking, and EXTRA bonus points when, after Miaka leaves upset, he eats everything she cooked at the cost of getting a nasty stomachache.

'''Tamahome:''' So what, I said I'm gonna eat it! }}

* Shirayuki from ''[[Sister Princess]]'' likes to cook for her brother to show her [[Big Brother Attraction|sisterly affection]]. In the first anime series, she starts out as somewhat of a [[Lethal Chef]], but she quickly becomes a top-notch cook.

* In a clip from the [[Talk Show]] ''Maury'', a woman accused another woman of luring away her man by cooking him chicken tetrazzini. ({{spoiler|It worked. He was cheating on her.}}) That clip later became a [[Running Gag]] on ''[[The Soup]]''.

* On ''[[Misfits]]'', after Nathan has been basically homeless and living on vending machine snacks for five weeks, Kelly finally takes pity on him and cooks him dinner one evening. And the spectacular banquet she prepares for him? Chicken nuggets and spaghetti hoops.

* In ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]'', the first episode of the 4th season "The Way of the Warrior" begins with Captain Sisko welcoming his girlfriend Kasidy Yates back to the station with a gift and an extensive romantic dinner that is, unfortunately, interrupted very quickly.

'''Kasidy:''' So it's my heart you're after? }}

** Averted later on when Kasidy and Ben are married. Sisko is shown throughout to, unusually for Star Trek, prefer cooking real food rather than eating out of a replicator, largely because his father is a chef. Kasidy tries to cook for him and burns the peppers he'd been growing for months, then agrees that she's best off leaving the cooking to him.

* In John Guare's play ''The House of Blue Leaves'', Bunny will sleep with Artie anytime, but won't cook for him till after they're married.

 

'''Artie:''' What do you mean, [[Really Gets Around|everybody knows it]]?<br />

'''Bunny:''' (...) So if I cooked for you now and said I won't sleep with you till we're married, you'd look forward to sleeping with me so much that by the time we got to that motel near Hollywood, I'd be such a disappointment, you'd never forgive me. My cooking is the only thing I got to lure on you with and hold you with. Artie, we got to keep some magic for the honeymoon. }}