Location: Machine Room

Solution to A Rare Teak

by Elizabeth Krueger and Charles Steinhardt

Answer: PRAWN

Each picture is one letter short of a food item, with the food item corresponding to the enumeration given:

SQUID
RABBIT
PESTO - movie The Pest
ORANGE
GRAIN
WHEAT - from The Adamms Family
OREO
RICE
CANDY
PHEASANT - peasant from a Monty Python skit
BREAD
DESSERT
SQUASH - a Pokemon move with a unique animation
PEAR
COOKIE
MACE
CHARD - still from the music video Hard by Rihanna
PATE - the bunny from the cover of the book Pat the Bunny

The extra letters yield STOOGE OR CHESS PIECE, cluing PAWN and therefore finally the answer, PRAWN.