The ability to manufacture cheescake out of thin air and ordinary shopping ingredients and that lime cream topping that went on top of the tilapia once. I make a mean baked fish. Ball soup: gnocci, cherry tomatoes, and peas, with a little olive oil and feta cheese. ...It was as delicious as it sounds and redeemed only by the feta. The Not-Gumbo: "That's not gumbo," my husband said, letting a scoop of goopy rice-filled slimy gunk slide back into the crockpot. We tried it anyway. ...We ate sandwiches.