The Friend

A flat-woven tapestry-style rug produced in various regions including Turkey, the Balkans, and Central Asia, prized as decorative items.

“Although it might complement that Killin rug I was telling you about. What do you think?”— Niles

A style of dress shoe characterized by a pointed toe cap with extensions (wings) that run along both sides of the shoe.

“Are these wing tips too busy with these pants?”— Niles

A style of shoe featuring woven or braided leather, typically considered a more casual or less busy alternative to wing tips.

“Perhaps a woven lace would tone down the glitz.”— Frasier

Referred to as Bob's 'bible' on barbecue. Jeff Filgo is actually a writer on the show Frasier, making this a likely fictional in-joke reference.

“It's my bible. "The Big Book of Barbecue" by Jeff Filgo. He's a Texan.”— Bob

A traditional Japanese heating device; in the West, commonly associated with a style of portable charcoal grill used for cooking.

“You know in Japan they call their barbecues "hibachis"?”— Bob

A type of hardwood commonly used for smoking and grilling meats in barbecue cooking, especially in Texas-style barbecue.

“You know the secret to good barbecue? Mesquite. And the secret to mesquite is you gotta soak them in water for 10 minutes.”— Bob

A regional American cuisine that blends Mexican and Texan culinary traditions.

“How about Tex-Mex?”— Frasier

A type of dense, dark rye bread originating from Germany.

“brought bagels, poppy seeds, pumpernickel, rye, sesame, onion, garlic.”— Bob

Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910), pen name Mark Twain, was one of America's greatest writers and humorists.

“Against the assault of laughter nothing can stand. / Mark Twain. "The Mysterious Stranger". I have a first edition.”— Frasier

A posthumously published novel by Mark Twain (1916), dealing with themes of determinism and the nature of reality.

“Mark Twain. "The Mysterious Stranger". I have a first edition.”— Frasier

A famous line from Tennessee Williams' play A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), spoken by Blanche DuBois: 'I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.'

“I, for one, happen to believe in the kindness of strangers.”— Frasier

A laboratory gas burner named after German chemist Robert Bunsen, commonly used in scientific experiments.

“Well, between Frasier and his Bunsen burner and me and my mosquito repellent…in retrospect it was unavoidable!”— Niles

A Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice.

“Once I soaked them in Sake for that "flavour of the Far East".”— Bob

A fortified wine produced in the Jerez region of Spain, frequently offered by Frasier as an aperitif.

“Sherry, Niles?”— Frasier