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In Omaha, Amsterdam Falafel & Kabob in Dundee does a mean doner kabob and also a falafel sandwich (same as the doner but with falafel instead of meat). I don't have much of a point for comparison as I've never had doner kabob anywhere else, but they make a tasty sandwich.

@misplacedtexan Thank you! I was beginning to think I had made up the Frito Burrito of the late 90's...I was a teenager, I could have drempt it for all I know.

Anyway, I also loved the Frito Burrito and was quite destressed when I realized it wasn't on the menu any longer. I look forward to trying this version, though I don't get to The Bell very much any more.

Chinese Rice and Noodles, followled closely by the internet....

@Cassanendra Sticky rice like Japanese style (not specifically sushi rice though). I would guess not glutinous rice, despite how much I love the idea of Thai sticky rice.

I'm loving all of these wide and varied cultural food traditions!

For my family a staple is always green bean casserole (we are from the Midwest, after all), as well as this frozen cranberry "salad" thing that appears every year. I just found out that everyone in my immediate family hates it, but my aunt insists on bringing it to every family meal. And my mom was the one to introduce this thing to the family years ago!

In Rome, at some restaurant that I don't remember the name of...tortoloni with a white truffle cream sauce. Ammaaazzzzinggg.

I love these cookbooks - I have this one as well as Chinese Rice and Noodles. They have caused home cooked Chinese food to become a staple in our cooking, and it's fantastic. We eat the Kung Pao chicken at least every two weeks - which is probably too often - but it's absolutely become a comfort food for us.

Ted Drewes is a St. Louis icon for a reason! I'm with @selizara, it's what I dream about when I think of St. Louis.

We ate there twice in cold and rainy October, it's that good. Their fall special of a Pumpkin Pie Concrete blew my mind - an entire slice of pumpkin pie, crust and all, blended into a concrete.

When I combined good two snickerdoodle recipes into one fabulous snickerdoodle recipe!

I have absolutely no idea what cookies I first made, though I remember sitting and watching my mom make thumbprint cookies, and sugar cookies with Santa faces, at Christmas.

I think I'm lucky to not have any Thanksgiving stories! Last years T-giving was great, though, in that I spent it with friends, and one of the nicest grandmas I know.

Husband and I are partial to the V8, plain vodka, Worcestershire sauce, black pepper, Tobasco sauce, lemon juice, and olive juice combo. Yum! Pretty traditional, minus the olive juice, but delish. And he'll have his with a pickle, please.