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My Grandmother has the same exact recipe box! I love it so much. It is so packed with recipes you have to take them all out at once and thumb through them. I bet there are a ton of green and yellow tin boxes out there filled with delicious treats.

Pizza
Hand cut French Fries
Goat Cheese
Steak ( raw or cooked)
Sushi
Top Five Desserts:
Creme Brulee
Chocolate Pasticiotti
Key Lime Pie
Flourless Chocolate Cake
Ice Cream
I had to cheat :) I couldn't resist

For Christmas Eve my family would disown me if I didn't make my homemade Lobster bisque. My Grandma makes these peanutbutter balls that are out of this world. And for Christmas morning my Mom makes a breakfast caserole that is cheesy and loaded with bacon. Yum!

My favorite, can't live without items: Williams & Sonoma personalized spatulas in all sizes. Kitchen Aid, Cuisinart food processor, Food Saver-vacuum sealer, Global knife set $$$$, and Le Creuset grill pan and french oven $$$. I almost felt guilty for asking for such high priced things. But believe it or not my registry was cleaned out. My husband and I went to culinary school so our loved ones knew what we really wanted. For more affordable things I went to Bed Bath & Beyond for stuff like veggie peelers and can openers. Congrats and most of all have fun with the process. It's a once in a lifetime experience to use a hand scanner and get to zap everything you want.

I've lived in a couple of places where you can find a great sandwich. Number #1 in my book is in Providence, RI. The Butcher Shop on Elmgrove Ave. In the Brown University area. If you love fresh Turkey Sandwiches with all the fixings then this is the place. They also make fresh Roast Beef from scratch. Fresh baked bread from a local bakery tops off any sandwich they offer.

Garlic Butter is lightly roasted garlic. It just gets the bitterness out and the smoothness and sweetness in. All you need to do is take the garlic bulb cut it in half and salt and oil it. Roast in the oven until garlic is light brown but not burnt. Then when it's cooled off slightly you just press out the warm gooey garlic cloves and mash them or for a more smooth consistency put them in a food processor. You could add anything you want to enhance the flavor of the garlic. Or just enjoy as it is.

I was born and raised in New Haven. So with out a doubt I am an true follower of CT "Apizza" as we call it. Pepe's is my favorite. Nothing comes close to the Euphoria of waiting in line for the most mouth watering White Clam Apizza on this God given Planet! I am also a believer in that the pizza you grow up eating is the only pizza you truely love. I haven't found anything like Pepe's in my travels.