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i'm inspired by any restaurant or home or place i visit, where you see the actual people behind the food. Not literally, although often that is the case. But when one comes away with a memorable experience and you say, "I really like what they are doing here." It's those people who have created a je nais se quoi that is very admirable.

A Southern staple in itself, I grew up eating succulent, juicy ham on major holidays with cloves, brown sugar, mustard and pineapple. But the best part was the leftover ham and biscuits the next morning!

Homemade ice cream. And the first mojitos of the season with mint from the farmer's market, yum!

A fresh clean cutting board is like a blank sheet of notebook paper—love it! Also when my boyfriend and I are both in the kitchen, chopping and cooking away and then we sit down on our bar stools, our bounty spread out on the butcher block in various dishes, and we drink wine and talk about what we want to do in life, that's happiness.