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@seikel - ROFL. That's awesome. :)

I buy my eggs from one of several local farmers at the farmers' market and have been for sometime now. One stand even has pictures of their hens! And when they get too old to lay anymore, well, an old laying hen cooks up nicely in the slow cooker. :)

It's nice with all the recalls/food borne illness scares the past few years to know exactly where my food came from and how and when it was picked/gathered.

True gelato? When a friend took me to Capogiro here in Philadelphia shortly after I moved here 4 years ago. Absolutely heavenly stuff. I had their kiwi and sweet Amish milk flavors on that first trip. And there have been many more trips since then.

I like my black-eyed peas cooked with a little bacon. And then eaten topped with ketchup. It's either that or in hoppin' john.

My mom's Italian meat sauce for spaghetti (ground beef and Italian sausage!). I have her recipe, but it tastes *so* much better when she makes it.

Asparagus showed up at my farmers' market today for the first time this season! I did a little happy dance with joy. :)

One of my favorite things to make is Asparagus and Penne pasta with a creamy lemon and ricotta sauce. So.good.

Also, I definitely agree with @chanterelle. Grilled or roasted asparagus with a touch of olive oil, salt and pepper is fantastic.

Generally, the self-checkout things HATE me. I have problems scanning, problems with produce, and problems because I bring my own bags. They don't like it when you have your own bags as it throws off the system of balancing the weight between what you scan and what goes in the bag.

I find them a pain in the a**. I hate them as much as they hate me.

Fortunately, my local grocer doesn't have any. :) And it's a bag-your-own store. So things get bagged the way I want, AND I don't have to deal with ornery technology.

It's a classic. Pure Midwest. When I stayed with my Grandmother post-grad school (hello, job hunt) we made varieties of this that included substituting the toast with new potatoes (aka gravel), or 1/2 of a baked potato (aka a brick). :) We had way way too much fun coming up with the names.

It's definitely a comfort food for me.

Godiva dark chocolate truffles. Makes me think of my mom, as she loves them, and when she gets a box she rations them very carefully. She doesn't share them. But on occasion, when we're playing cards at 3am, she'll share one. Best. chocolate. ever. at that moment.

I have a love affair with squash soups. Every one I've tried has been incredible. Pumpkin...acorn...butternut...kambocha...any type of squash soup. They're so creamy and warm and delicious.

Although if you want the soup I consistently love/enjoy, it's tomato. Yes, even the condensed canned version. With a side of grilled cheese, please.

I eat less meat, and what meat I do eat I buy at the farmers' market. I pretty much only shop at my local farmers' market (did a CSA this past summer and will do it again), so it's all local all organic all the way these days. For things I can't get there (pastas, olive oil, sugar, etc.), I try to buy as local as possible (if nothing else buy from a local store rather than the chain) and buy organic.

Surprisingly, my grocery bills have gone down.

My reader includes Serious Eats (of course!), The Kitchn', 101 Cookbooks, Bitten, Orangette, Ruhlman, Simply Recipes, Smitten Kitchen, and The Food Librarian. :)

I also follow a bunch of the same and more on Twitter, including the Pioneer Woman and Jaden of Steamy Kitchen. :)

And lets not even start on the massive number of food blogs I have tagged in Delicious that I search when I'm looking for a recipe. It's slightly out of control.

The best dessert...that's a difficult one. I think the best desserts are those enjoyed during the holidays with family and friends. We make a pumpkin roll for Thanksgiving instead of pumpkin pie. I've had many pumpkin rolls, but none of them compare to "our" recipe.

Also, my dad's favorite cookie, butterscotch-oatmeal, are pretty incredible.

I agree that it definitely depends on the group/person you're with. When I'm out with some friends, we definitely share (it's pretty much expected/assumed). My family definitely shares. But other friends are strictly "don't touch" diners. And that's fine.

My only exception: do NOT touch my dessert unless invited (or we agree to share ahead of time). It's rare I order dessert, so when I do, it's mine, all mine. You can blame my mother, who once nearly stabbed me with her fork once for attempting to share her dessert.