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Ottolenghi's cauliflower cake with black sesame seed crust is definitely up there. But the first time I had crunchy sauteed tempeh it blew my mind with its meat-substituting deliciousness.

Oooh. Its hard to pick a favorite. Definitely used to be baked pasta, like shells stuffed with spinach and ricotta. Since I went vegetarian though, you can't beat the meaty-ness of eggplant parm.

Always and forever is my dad's dark chocolate crackle-top buckwheat cake. With homemade vanilla whipped cream. This year was my first birthday in eight years that I didn't get a slice of it, and I'm still a little upset about it.

mini glazed custard and fruit tart. soooo yummy.

oh wow, this is something i've been wanting to do for a while! too bad i'd starve because i wouldn't be able to eat anything at the dining hall... counting down the days until i have my own kitchen...

Wow, these are great, but i don't have anything nearly as good. My nanny would make me peanut butter and jelly waffles. Always better when she made it. Wow, now I'm really craving one.
My mother was too embarrassed by her mother's weird cooking to subject me to anything outside the pale, so all of my other weird combinations were my own doing. For example, I only ate oatmeal in cold milk (because I hated the texture of cooked oatmeal).
But, I also didn't know that people actually ate white bread until elementary school because my mom refused to keep it in the house. I can still only eat it toasted.

Worcestershire sauce in the patty, with sauteed onions, swiss, lettuce, and tomato on the bun. Its how my dad has made them since I was a little girl. So delicious!