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Although it's a bit more expensive to try and buy organic and all-natural foods, the end result is more than worth it, and I've taken steps in that direction by seeking out coupons for organic brands and stores like Whole Foods, begun visiting local farmer's markets, and joined a local CSA with a friend of mine to share the costs. Thanks!

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My first encounter with Indian cuisine was with a campus vender at my undergraduate university, which I stumbled upon in my first week there -- he served all freshly made, authentic vegetarian Indian dishes at student-friendly prices, and the first dish I tried was a sampler platter of chanamasala, dal, aloo mutter, and naan, and a whole new world of tastes and flavors was opened up to me. And I went back to that same vender at least 2-3 times a week for the next four years!

Would love to learn how to cook Indian food, preferably Vegetarian and Vegan dishes, because I've learned to appreciate the cuisine through good friends and would love to recreate some of my favorite dishes, learn some new ones, and eventually get the point where I can improvise with spices and other ingredients to come up with entirely new dishes and combinations.

I love my seafood (especially tuna, salmon, or red fish) blackened, Cajun style, dipped in tons of butter. Thanks for the giveaway - Eric Ripert's an amazing chef!

My favorite pork memory was my first taste of chorizo at an amazing restaurant in Cancun my friends and I discovered in the middle of nowhere during our spring break vacation a few years back. Our expectations for the food was very low, but with my first bite of my dish, which was dubbed "Pollo Loco" because it blended a chicken breast with chorizo, I immediately fell in love with the spicy, mouthwatering Mexican sausage. I liked the dish so much I recommended a friend of mine put it on the menu at his Mexican restaurant, which he did - so now I can enjoy it all the time!

Definitely Giada De Laurentiis -- her Italian dishes always look amazing, and she seems like such a warm and genuine person to boot. Thanks!

Would have to enter my ricotta cheesecake -- it's the only thing I make really well!