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I love pasta with a little olive oil and fresh veggies. I also make this and throw in left overs.

I love Banana Foster for a special dessert.

Pressed ham and cheese on french bread for me.

Filet Mignon for me.

My fondest pork memory is from a huge pig roast that I went to in Florida. We had about 50 people and were at a camp ground by a lake. It was wonderful since it was a beautiful day and everyone had their families with them and lots of good food. We roasted 2 whole pigs that day and literally "pigged" out.

Filet mignon is my favorite cut.

I haven't made any cookies that I would consider to be visually stunning but have made some really good frosted sugar cookies that looked great. They were shaped like palm trees and I used the icing to look like what I thought a palm tree would look like if they were cookies.

Peanut Butter Cookies were my first.

I like a good old ham and cheese on french bread.

My favorite is Voodoo BBQ on St. Charles Ave. in New Orleans.

I've been fortunate with food prepared for Thanksgiving but I did set a small fire one Thanksgiving. I left a pot holder by the stove and it caught on fire. We easily put the fire out but I had the smoke alarms screaming and guests jumping up and down.

It has to be my Mom's pecan pie. She makes the best!

My Mother gave me my first cookbook which was Betty Crocker's and I still have it today. I also gave one to my son when he moved out on his own. It's a great basic cookbook that anyone can use.