I love global cuisine and learning about people's food traditions. I'm pretty adventurous in my eating, although I like things to be healthy. My family has a standing agreement that they'll try anything I cook and not complain, but if it's REALLY bad, I'll spring for pizza. quiche, cookies, bread, chicken and sauces, rice bowls. I love the winter holidays because I grew up in a family full of great food traditions. We made sugar cookies and decorated them to TASTE good - chocolate chips, raisons, peanut butter, etc. We had fondue every Christmas eve - along with my dad's "Fon-dos and Fon-don'ts" lecture. And steamed carrot pudding for dessert with Christmas dinner. Grating 1/4 c of fresh ginger at Thanksgiving, when the host only had a teeny tiny zester. The one time we had to pull out the fire extinguisher - making home-made baked tortilla chips.