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Probably Chocolate Chip and Oatmeal Cherry cookies are my two standbys, but I love to add to what I make and combine recipes and change them as I feel the need.

Despite being a very good cook, I tend to have a thing for intentionally burnt things (to the point of being blackened) -- goes back to my childhood. I love burnt hot dogs and burnt popcorn, but definitely can't make them if my husband's anywhere near, or I never hear the end of it!

These guys are awesome, Fair Shares CSA a combined CSA in St. Louis, MO, that also donates shares to people with little access to fresh foods (food pantries, elderly services). http://fairshares.org/

Only in Italian Truffle cheese with a little ice wine.

With any kind of seafood.

My mom started me down the path, but I've picked up a lot over the years.

Reallly wanting to bake Black Walnut Cookies! Looove Black Walnuts!

Anything fried that shouldn't be (yes, I still occasionally see this): fried pickles, fried Twinkies, fried chocolate bar, etc. etc. (I guess it's ok at the county fair, leave it off a menu at a restaurant).

Anything at Applebee's -- just start over, guys!

Anything at Cracker Barrel -- see above!

And, since I have a small child: Anything off the kids' menu in large pieces served scorching hot -- kids don't like to have to wait longer than the adults for their meal!

Used to eat Bocas all the time, Gardenburgers have a weird texture (like too finely ground beef), and I've never liked the flavor of Morningstar farms red meat copies. Morningstar is the best for chicken mock-ups, though. Amy's pastas are the best, though.

Ok, I have two, one very recently. My in-laws are from the Effingham, IL area, and my FIL tends to like very bland food. At a specific, locally owned restaurant, we had dinner to celebrate a birthday, and I decided on attempting the "carbonara alfredo" -- admittedly 2 tastes which probably shouldn't go together. I avoided the salad bar, since the minute we walked past, it smelled like vomit. Well, I got the dish, which was gemelli with a nasty, cold, tan sauce across it. Went ahead and tried to eat it for the FIL's sake, and it tasted like Swiss Cheese, white gravy, and a little bacon thrown in. Needless to say, I couldn't stomach much of it, and my Brother-In-Law told me later he thought it looked like vomit. The waitress asked, and I explained the problem, so she had them take it off the bill, but said they'd have to charge me for the salad bar. My husband checked -- they took $1.80 off the original bill!

Also, any trip to the local Applebee's -- last time there, I had a salmon that was so heavily coated with a salt-based seasoning as to be completely inedible, even after attempting to scrape the stuff off!

Worst foodie gift I ever got was a gift I didn't get. My Father-In-Law and Brother-In-Law had been on a trip to Spain, and brought back some really nice Port that they were going to open at dinner. I tried in vain to convince them that Port is a dessert wine, not a wine you drink with dinner. Everyone but me tried the wine with dinner, and, of course, decided it was too sweet. I drank some after dinner, and then watched as my Father-in-Law dumped the rest of the bottle down the drain. :^( All I could think was that I would have risked getting caught with an open container on the trip home rather than see that go down the drain!

I married the king of all picky eaters -- I considered it a challenge! Mine won't eat mushrooms, tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, onions, mustard, broccoli, squash of any kind, most pork, most fish, no poultry whatsoever, pickles, etc. It's a bear to cook for him, but I've always considered it a challenge. It also justifies me buying a zillion cookbooks. For mine, it seems to be more of a textural issue as opposed to a taste issue, and I can sneak a lot of stuff by him -- and he says he likes it -- it's more of a matter of it being properly cooked, and sometimes chopped small. It's very frustrating when he pushes something off that I worked hard on, or throws it on my plate (when we were first dating, I found out he hated broccoli when I made a stir fry and he tossed all the broccoli on my plate with great flourish), but, when he does try something he thought he didn't like, and really enjoys it, I consider it the highest compliment! Living with someone long term isn't about being exactly alike -- it's about the eccentricities and the differences you can live with. Mine also didn't like cats -- we've had 2 for years now!