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My favorite stuff from the seder (in course order): my boyfriend's mom's charroset (sp?), my boyfriend's mom's matzo stuffing (SO GOOD), and my 4 layer flourless chocolate cake

mmm, Kinchley's is my favorite! Lido's in Hackensack is also pretty good, but not as good as Kinchley's :-)

my boyfriend will fight me on that statement though, his heart (stomach?) belongs to Lido's

The following are always in my pantry:
rice (long and medium grain)
flour (AP and whole wheat)
sugar (white, light brown, dark brown, powdered)
several packages of pasta and asian noodles
big canned of whole tomatoes
canned beans
a can or two of emergency soup
salt (regular, kosher, sea)
vinegar (white, red wine, apple cider, balsamic, rice)
bread crumbs (regular italian seasoned and panko)
baking soda, baking powder
vanilla (beans and extract)
oils (veggie, olive, sesame, asian chili oil)
seasonings/spices (dried): oregano, rosemary, thyme, cumin, red pepper flakes, turmeric, garam masala, cumin seeds, coriander seeds, fennel seeds, cinnamon, allspice, nutmeg, sage, a bunch of other stuff I'm forgetting
various hot sauce (in fridge or pantry): tabasco, franks, sambal oeleck (sp?), sriracha
popping corn
roasted red peppers
emergency annies mac n cheese
crackers
tea
cocoa

basically all of my gifts were cooking-related :-)

kitchen aid pasta roller attachment, truffle oil, new oven mitt, lots of cookbooks, new knife block, julia and jacques "cooking at home" dvds

I'm a happy girl - I already have pasta dough resting

pasta roller attachment for my kitchen aid
oodles of cookbooks
grownup knives

My favorite kind of apple that I can get right now: Honeycrisp

My all time favorite apple: Pink Lady!

I'm still mourning the loss of Kenny. Then I started to really like Tiffany and now she's gone too!

Of the remaining 4, the only one I like is Ed. I can't stand Angelo. I find Kelly slightly annoying, but not terribly so (could not stand Amanda or Alex AT ALL). I don't really care about Kevin. I'm shocked he's still around and some of the others aren't (Tiffany, Kenny).

I love meat but frequently have one my friends (a vegan) over for dinner... Ratatouille is awesome and this time of year everything is extra delicious. I really like the recipe on smitten kitchen (http://smittenkitchen.com/2007/07/rat-a-too-ee-for-you-ee/). I serve it over couscous. Gazpacho would also be good this time of year. I like the recipe from Pioneer Woman (http://thepioneerwoman.com/cooking/2009/06/gazpacho/) - without the shrimp, of course.

I went there the first night I moved in to my new apartment! I need to go back, not only because that was over two months ago, but because I didn't even have pizza the time I went (everyone else at the table did though).

I love swiss chard with some pasta (something medium length) a bag of frozen mixed vegetables, some alfredo sauce, and some hot italian sausage.

@scarletini I do basically the same exact thing as your husband - save my favorite thing for last, eating everything separately, occasionally trying everything first to determine favorites, haha

my boyfriend, on the other hand, makes everything he eats into a sandwich

Is it sad that I immediately knew that the chicken fingers in the picture are from IKEA?

I use this recipe from whole foods: http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipes/1884

I change it a little bit by cooking more of everything, using homemade bbq sauce (a la smittenkitchen.com) and using beer instead of water.

It is delicious... To make it more smoky instead of tangy, you can add a chipotle in adobo or two.