Dine and Discover - Part I

This one will probably go over the heads of most people, unless you happen to live in Australia as I do. Basically, the government set up this program called "Dine and Discover" to help rejuvenate the economy in these trying times. And as with most government programs like this, it's super janky and poorly thought out, much to my own detriment.

Will Dante find a restaurant that accepts these vouchers in time before they expire? Or will he become another victim of a system that cares little for the working class man? Find out in Part II.

The Best Recipe

This one's for all you food bloggers and home cooks on the Internet who claim they've found "the ultimate recipe" or "secret ingredient" for a particular food item, amidst all the other people who also make the exact same claim. Even worse, some of them aren't even that great when actually prepared. So people making these statements are no better than those crummy pop-up ads that show up in your browser when visiting questionable websites.

Sweet Dreams

Not to mention your stomach will feel like garbage the next morning from all that sugary goodness, as well as the fact that you're putting your body on the borderline of developing diabetes and/or a sugar addiction, but at least you got a good night's sleep.

Open to interpretation

One of the many gripes I have about online recipes is their blind assumption that the reader is using the same measurements as they are and can correctly portion out vaguely quantifiable terms such as "a pinch" or "taste for seasoning". I suppose the counterargument would be that I'm an incompetent "cook" that trips up on such small details, to which I would shed a single tear.

The Bitter Truth

Based on the existential horror that I'm going to have to inevitably learn to cook to some level, much like the shock of having to complete the annual tax return, pay phone bills, cleaning the home and the like. Perhaps one should stop trying to outrun the responsibilities of life? It's a truth some of us find hard to swallow...

A Hate for Cooking

To be honest, I don't think I'll ever understand how people can be so excited about cooking. Maybe it's some long repressed psychological trauma that is now finally manifesting itself as disdain for most culinary things.

The Internet tells me that cooking is supposed to help with said psychological trauma, but seeing as nothing has changed on that front, I'm leaning towards my secondary reasoning: I've magically understood some universal truth about cooking that most people haven't realised yet.

The Communal Fridge

Unlike all the other dubious, unsolicited advice I seem to spout, this one's tried and tested, admittedly only once. And including that last panel. Some of you reading this might be thinking: "Stolen water is sweet; food eaten in secret is delicious!" To that I reply with: Honesty tastes better, especially their salami.