Delightful foods:

Bangladeshi aromatic rice (like Basmati but with a tiny grain)

Turkish preserved lemons (for mixing with green olives and chilis)

Chorizo

Black raspberry juice (delicious in “juicy pops!)

Tamarind (I have learned how to use it in cooking daal — yeah baby!)

Hong Kong style pan fried noodles (my kingdom for these)

Stonyfield Farm organic ice cream (we’re trying hard to reduce our pus cell intake. Then we’ll try to move on to our waistlines)

Tarama (as in taramasalata. Try this — without the salata part — on hot vermicelli with sauteed garlic, shredded nori, and cayenne pepper. A little parmesan can’t hurt.)

Black mushrooms.