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Joy of Cooking and Mark Bittman's The Best Recipes in the World.

David's Chocolate Idiot Cake with poached pears. I made it the first time cos the name cracked me up but now I do it cos it's magic. All I need to say is choc idiot cake tonight and my husband's face just lights up, it's so cool to see that! :)

Cicero's pizza in San Jose! My husband likes to leave his name as "Cinderella" when he orders as his own name is frequently mispronounced. Its a hoot when they call it out to say the pizza's ready for pick-up. He gets a few strange looks (and some laughs!) when he goes to the counter to collect. Great tasting pizza and a fun place.

My rice cooker. It was the first thing I bought when I moved to California! Err... needless to say, I'm Chinese :)

Just mustard!

Roast turkey definitely, for me.

My mum cooks curries, so as a kid I had lots of spicy food, indian included.

A juicy patty with a fried egg on top!

I can't remember what I had the one and only time I was at a Peruvian restaurant here in San Jose, but I remember someone at the table had a soda called "Inca Kola". I think it was pretty sweet.

curried shrimp in a baguette

Grilled octopus!

To cook more at home and stop eating out so much; to actually use up the herbs I have a habit of buying before they spoil and I have to throw them away; to learn a new cuisine - either Japanese or Indian, and make an effort to cook a dish, instead of just idly reading the blogs and not doing anything; to make something from the gazillion plums I'll have come summer instead of leaving 'em all to the squirrels; to enter more foodie contests hehehe! :) I think I'll only really follow up on that last one :P

Filet Mignon