Another Comma Function

Commas separate things. Dates from years, cities from states, and so on. Another thing they separate is direct address, as shown below:

https://www.gocomics.com/rubes/2019/03/13

The more astute among you might suggest that the maybe guy was using an appositive, explaining what was to be eaten. Good point, but that’s a bigger break than a comma can handle, so in that case, he should have used an M-dash:

Would you like the all-you-can-eat—shrimp!

The hyphens and the cook are both correct, by the way.