A Trip to the Farm Stand

There is nothing like a trip to the local farm stand to put you in the mood for up coming seasons!

Right now they are all decked out for Halloween!

Makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside!
How about you?

Cheesecake Brownies

Today I made David Lebovitz's Cheesecake Brownies.

When I saw the recipe I knew my family would love it.

They are Brownie and Cheesecake fanatics- so put the two together and it has to be over the top!

This was a really easy recipe and I had all the ingredients in my pantry and fridge! What could be better?

Cheesecake Brownies

One 9-inch (23cm) square pan

6 tablespoons (85g) unsalted butter, cut into pieces

4 ounces (115g) bittersweet or semisweet chocolate, chopped

2/3 cup (130g) sugar

2 large eggs, at room temperature

1/2 cup (70g) flour

1 tablespoon unsweetened cocoa powder

1/8 teaspoon salt

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

1/2 cup (80g) chocolate chips

8 ounces (200g) cream cheese, at room temperature

1 large egg yolk

5 tablespoons (75g) sugar

1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract

1. Line a 9-inch (23cm) square pan with foil, making sure it goes up all four sides. Use two sheets if necessary. Mist with non-stick spray or grease lightly.

2. Preheat oven to 350 degrees (180C).

3. In a medium saucepan, melt the butter and chocolate over low heat, stirring until smooth. Remove from heat and beat in the 2/3 cup (130g) sugar, then the eggs.

4. Mix in the flour, cocoa powder and salt, then the vanilla and chocolate chips. Spread evenly in the prepared pan.

5. In a separate bowl, beat together the cream cheese, the yolk, 5 tablespoons (75g) of sugar, and vanilla until smooth.

6. Distribute the cream cheese mixture in eight dollops across the top of the brownie mixture, then take a dull knife or spatula and swirl the cream cheese mixture with the chocolate batter.

7. Bake for 35 minutes, or until the batter in the center of the pan feels just set.
Let cool, then lift out the foil and peel it away. Cut the brownies into squares.
Storage: These will keep in an airtight container for a couple of days. They also freeze well, too.

Squash Risotto

Today I found myself with half of a butternut squash peeled and cleaned staring at me from my refrigerator shelf. It wasn’t enough to feed 3 hungry adults so I had to figure something out before it went bad!
Then I remembered saving a recipe that I found on the Italian Food at about.com site by Kyle Phillips.

This is Kyle’s recipe that I made with the lonely half a butternut squash and it came simply delicious!
My husband who normaly doesn’t care too much for rice went back for seconds. That’s a winner in my house.

Squash Risotto - Risotto alla Zucca

Risotto made with winter squash is extremely popular in north Italy during the colder months. Little wonder, because a good winter squash has a delightful tangy sweetness to it, while the risotto has a libidinously creamy texture. Perfect on a cold, gray winter day! You'll need:
Prep Time: 20 minutes Cook Time: 25 minutes
Ingredients:
· Half a butternut squash, peeled and diced (or a slice of a larger winter squash, about 3/4 pound (350 g) diced)
· 1 1/2 cups (300 g) Carnaroli, Arborio, or other short-grained rice
· 1/2 cup dry white wine, warmed
· 1 quart (1 liter) stock (vegetable or bouillon will be fine)
· 1/4 cup olive oil
· 1 medium onion, chopped
· 1/4 cup minced parsley
· 3/4 cup freshly grated Parmigiano, or more, to taste
· 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
· Salt and Pepper to taste
Preparation:
Squash doesn't sauté well, so you will need to cook it separately and then add it to the rice.

Begin by putting the diced squash in a pot, adding broth or bouillon to cover, seasoning with a little pepper, and heat the pot over a medium flame.

Heat the remaining bouillon or stock in another pot.

In the meantime, chop the onion and sauté over a medium flame it in the olive oil in a different pot.

When the onion is translucent and light gold, add the rice and continue to sauté for another 5-7 minutes, stirring constantly lest the rice stick and burn. The grains of rice will become translucent.

While the rice is toasting, heat the wine in your microwave for about 30 seconds. Add it to the rice, and cook, stirring, until it has evaporated. Now add the simmering squash, the pieces of which will by this time be falling apart.

Stir gently, lest the rice stick to the bottom of the pot and burn, and add more liquid as the rice absorbs what's in the pot. Let the rice absorb most of the liquid (you're not making soup), but don't wait until it looks dry, because the grains will begin to flake if you do. Don't forget to check seasoning.Continue adding liquid until the rice reaches the al dente stage of doneness -- chewy but firm.

If you prefer a drier risotto, make the last ladle of liquid a little smaller. If you instead prefer a more liquid risotto (what's called all'onda, like a wave, in Italian) be a little more abundant with the final ladle.

Stir a couple of tablespoons of unsalted butter into the risotto if you want a creamier texture, and then add the grated cheese, followed by minced parsley. Turn off the burner, cover the risotto, and let it sit for two minutes, during which time everything will come together and meld.

Apple Pickin'

Our local farm offered 1 and only 1 weekend for apple picking...

So we rushed right over there. The colors are really beautiful these days- not as vibrant as I remember from living in New England BUT not bad for my part of North East Pennsylvania!

The trees were so full of apples that the branches were almost touching the ground. We picked Golden Delicious- Red Delicious-Empire and we managed to find 4 Mutsu...they had 4 Mutsu trees and they were picked bare. We managed to find a few on the ground that were knocked off the tree.

The farm has a little barn where they sell fruits and vegetables -on the street.

The place was bursting with fall colors....

Pumpkins ,flowers, gourds,winter squash...

you name it they had it.

It was really beautiful!

After leaving the farm I took the scenic route home and the colors were really beautiful!

HAPPY FALL!

Find a farm and go pick some apples!

Baking for Breast Cancer Awareness

October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month .
It is so important to be aware of the warning signs of breast cancer.
The warning signs of breast cancer include: (taken from the Web-MD site)
· Lump or thickening in or near the breast or in the underarm that persists through the menstrual cycle.
· A mass or lump, which may feel as small as a pea.
· A change in the size, shape or contour of the breast.
· A blood-stained or clear fluid discharge from the nipple.
· A change in the feel or appearance of the skin on the breast or nipple (dimpled, puckered, scaly or inflamed).
· Redness of the skin on the breast or nipple.
· An area that is distinctly different from any other area on either breast.
· A marble-like hardened area under the skin.

These changes may be found when performing monthly breast self-exams. By performing breast self-exams, you can become familiar with the normal monthly changes in your breasts.

Breast self-examination should be performed at the same time each month, three to five days after your menstrual period ends. If you have stopped menstruating, perform the exam on the same day of each month.

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My entry for "Baking for Breast Cancer Awareness," are cupcakes…

I made DEATH BY CHOCOLATE cupcakes
4 eggs

1/2 c. oil

1 c. sour cream

1/2 c. water or 1/4 c. water with 1/4 c. Kahlua

1 boxed cake mix without pudding in the mix

1 sm. box instant chocolate pudding

12 oz. pkg. chocolate chips

With your electric mixer, combine eggs, oil, sour cream, water, cake mix and pudding; mix well.

Add in chocolate chips. Pour into muffin papers.

Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

I then iced them with store bought vanilla icing that I tinted pink.

I know I cheated -first with the boxed cake mix then with the icing!!!
I did this quick and had to hide them until I took my photos because the "Sticky Fingers" in my house kept attempting to steal them!

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The National Breast Cancer Foundation estimates that each year, over 200,000 women will be diagnosed with breast cancer and over 40,000 die. One woman in eight either has or will develop breast cancer in her lifetime. Approximately 1,700 men will be diagnosed with breast cancer and 450 will die each year.
If detected early, the five-year survival rate for breast cancer exceeds 96%. Mammograms are among the best early detection methods, yet 13 million U.S. women 40 years of age or older have never had a mammogram.
The National Cancer Institute and U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recommend that women in their forties and older have mammograms every one to two years. A complete early detection plan also includes regular clinical breast examinations by a trained medical professional. Monthly breast self-exams are suggested in addition.

Stop by this site The Breast Cancer Site

1.You click daily

2.Sponsors pay for Mammograms

3.Shop their stores and give even more!

Your click on the "Click Here to Give - it's FREE" button helps fund free mammograms for women in need — low-income, inner-city and minority women whose awareness of breast cancer and opportunity for help is often limited. Your click is paid for by site sponsors, and mammogram funding is provided to clinics throughout the U.S. through the efforts of the National Breast Cancer Foundation .

Here are a few links to sites with breast cancer information:
National Breast Cancer Foundation, Inc
Susan G Komen For The Cure
The Breast Cancer Site

Chocolate Eclair Cake

I found this really neat recipe the other day while searching for something else.

It isn't made from scratch but I had all the ingredients in my pantry and my boys were asking for a dessert. It was quick and simple and I threw it together after dinner - so that way it had a few hours to set in the fridge before they started asking for a treat!

Chocolate Eclair Cake

2 pkgs. instant vanilla pudding

3 c. milk

1 (8 or 9 oz.) Cool Whip

1 lb. box graham crackers

1 container of chocolate icing

Beat pudding with milk until thick.

Fold in Cool Whip.

Line a 9 x 13 inch pan with crackers.
Put 1/2 pudding mix over crackers.

Layer another cracker layer and top with the rest of the pudding mix.

Then top with another layer of crackers. Cover with icing.

Put in fridge for about 2 hours before serving.

It came delicious!

I am an O Foods Contest Winner!

I am so excited that I have been chosen by Sara’s Ms Adventures in Italy and Jenn’s The Leftover Queen and Michelle’s Bleeding Espresso as the Awareness winner in the O Food for Ovarian CANCER awareness month contest .

I will receive a copy of Gina DePalma’s
Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen.

Thank you so much girls…
This is the first prize I ever won!
I was so excited to participate in such an important event.
I am honored to be in such great company!

They are going to leave the donation page active the rest of the year and they will keep checking back on it.
Ovarian Cancer Awareness
Help us spread the word!

A Giveaway on Baking Delights!

There is a cool giveaway at Baking Delights

Tess, of Sasquatch Books, has ever so KINDLY offered to give FIVE ….yes, you read right…FIVE Baking Delights readers AUTOGRAPHED copies of the book. Even if you don’t like cookbooks…imagine the coolness of giving someone an autographed copy of a cookbook for Christmas? Yeah!
Is that cool? You know it is. So here is what you have to do. Leave a comment on Maryes blog page. If you blog about the contest she will give you two entries. On Tuesday, September 30, 2008 at 9 p.m. CST she will name the winners. Winners will be determined by a random drawing.

"Whats in your Handbag"?

Today I came across a really great blog called Life, Lightly Salted written by Michele.

Micheles' post for today was entitled What’s In Your Handbag Meme.

It was such a fun post that I had to share it and I have posted my handbag photo and my answers below. You can copy the rules and the questions and do the same if you aren't worried about sharing your contents with us!

Oh go ahead its fun! :)

Here goes...

Here are the rules:
(This meme was started by Mimi, Queen of Memes )

Find a safe quiet place free of significant others, nosey meme makers, priests, nuns, all things religious and men in general. (If you're a guy just reverse this process to male and tell us about your wallet, tool box, briefcase or metro sexual accessory.)

1. Dump the contents of your handbag in a pile

2. Take a photo of your handbag and the contents

3. Be brave and explain to your fellow bloggers what lurks inside the handbag.

4. Tag others who might want to embarrass themselves

5. Answer these questions:

Describe the contents of your handbag.

Pocketbook-that my Mom brought me from Florence.

My cel phone,my iPod,my wallet, a change purse and a bunch of loose change that belongs in the change purse!

Pencil,shopping list and a store receipt,dental floss, 2 keychains (go figure)

eye glass case and sun glasses,a little purse that holds tampons :( a nail file,

a used tissue, and 1 of many articles I usually rip out of magazines while I’m waiting in the doctors waiting room!

*there is usually an envelope full on store coupons in there and my camera-both of which I removed this afternoon …

What's the most important thing in your handbag?
For me hands down…my cel phone- I am the one who never wanted on and now I’m totally lost without it!

What's the most embarrassing thing in your handbag?
Probably the tampons!:(

What's the smallest thing in your handbag?
Besides the loose change the dental floss!

Is there anything illegal in your handbag?
No not today…lol!

Thanks Michele this was fun!

Oh Yum- My Sweet 100!

Recently I posted my "The Omnivore's Hundred", which listed 100 foods which "every good omnivore should have tried at least once in their life." Well CAKESPY just posted their Sweet 100! I was so excited to find it and I couldn't wait to see how many I have actually tried. So I'm posting mine here.

How about you? How many have you tried?

The ones I have tried are in RED!

1) Copy this list into your site, including the instructions!

2) Bold all of the sweets you've eaten--or make them a different type color.

3) Cross out any of them that you'd never ever eat.
4) Consider anything that is not bold or crossed out your "To Do" List.

5) Optional: Post a comment here linking to your results--or just post a comment letting us know how many you've tried, or what you're going to try next!
1.Red Velvet Cake
2.Princess Torte
3.Whoopie Pie
4.Apple Pie either topped or baked with sharp cheddar
5.Beignet
6.Baklava
7.Black and white cookie
8.Seven Layer Bar (also known as the Magic Bar or Hello Dolly bars)
9.Fried Fruit pie (sometimes called hand pies)
10.Kringle
11.Just-fried (still hot) doughnut
12.Scone with clotted cream
13.Betty, Grunt, Slump, Buckle or Pandowdy
14.Halvah
15.Macarons
16.Banana pudding with nilla wafers
17.Bubble tea (with tapioca "pearls")
18.Dixie Cup
19.Rice Krispie treats
20.Alfajores
21.Blondies
22.Croquembouche
23.Girl Scout cookies
24.Moon cake
25.Candy Apple
26.Baked Alaska
27.Brooklyn Egg Cream
28Nanaimo bar
29.Baba au rhum
30.King Cake
31.Sachertorte
32.Pavlova
33.Tres Leches Cake
34.Trifle
35.Shoofly Pie
36.Key Lime Pie (made with real key lime)
37.Panna Cotta
38.New York Cheesecake
39.Napoleon / mille-fueille
40.Russian Tea Cake / Mexican Wedding Cake
41.Anzac biscuits
42.Pizzelle
43.Kolache
44.Buckeyes
45.Malasadas
46.Moon Pie
47.Dutch baby
48.Boston Cream Pie
49.Homemade chocolate chip cookies
50.Pralines
51.Gooey butter cake
52.Rusks
53.Daifuku
54.Green tea cake or cookies
55.Cupcakes from a cupcake shop
56.Crème brûlée
57.Some sort of deep fried fair food (twinkie, candy bar, cupcake)
58.Yellow cake with chocolate frosting
59.Jelly Roll
60.Pop Tarts
61.Charlotte Russe
62.An "upside down" dessert (Pineapple upside down cake or Tarte Tatin)
63.Hummingbird Cake
64.Jell-O from a mold
65.Black forest cake
66.Mock Apple Pie (Ritz Cracker Pie)
67.Kulfi
68.Linzer torte
69.Churro
70Stollen
71.Angel Food Cake
72.Mincemeat pie
73.Concha
74.Opera Cake
75.Sfogliatelle / Lobster tail
76.Pain au chocolat
77.A piece of Gingerbread House
78.Cassata
79.Cannoli
80.Rainbow cookies
81.Religieuse
82.Petits fours
83.Chocolate Souffle
84.Bienenstich (Bee Sting Cake)
85.Rugelach
86.Hamenstashen
87.Homemade marshmallows
88.Rigo Janci
89.Pie or cake made with candy bar flavors (Snickers pie, Reeses pie, etc)
90.Divinity
91.Coke or Cola cake
92.Gateau Basque
93.S'mores
94.Figgy Pudding
95.Bananas foster or other flaming dessert
96.Joe Froggers
97.Sables
98.Millionaire's Shortbread
99.Animal crackers
100.Basbousa

Country Pleasures Fall Fun Week Giveaway

You have to check this out...

Susan at Country Pleasures is hosting a giveaway. You can win one of her handmade Fall or Halloween clipboards similar to these.

All you have to do is leave a comment on her site with your favorite fall scent, it's that easy! Plus, to make it even more fun, if you post about her giveaway on your blog, she will enter your name twice, how's that for a deal?

FOGLIE D'AUTUNNO

FOGLIE D'AUTUNNO

By Paolo Valvo

CADON LE FOGLIE
L’UN DOPO L’ALTRA A MILLE
D’AGLI ALBERI CHE SCARNI
AL CIEL TENDON LE BRACCIA

E PAR CHE DICAN TREMULI
CHE FREDDA E’ L’ARIA
E GELIDO N’E’ IL VENTO
CHE PRIMA FU CAREZZA

DEGLI UCCELLETTI I NIDI
CO SPARGON L’AMPIE CRESTE,
NON PIU’ SCHIVE DIMORE
DI GARRULI PIUMATI PARGOLETTI

CADON LE FOGLIE
ED UN BRUSIO SI MESTO
COM’ ECO CHE RISUONA SENZA SOSTA
VAGA NELL’AERE TRISTE

LE CHIOME CHE SUPERBE
DAVANO L’OMBRA AL BOSCO
GIACCION MORENTI E PALLIDE
SU DELLA TERRA IL GREMBO

ED UN PRESAGIO MESTO
NEL CIEL LUGUBRE SPANDE
QUAL’INNO CHE DA’GLORIA
AL GIA VICINO INVERNO!

© 2008 SMVALVO

I'm Sharing some Love on Tuesday- I couldn't wait until Thursday!

Thank you Rowena from Rubber Slippers in Italy for sharing this wonderful little Love Video. Sure made me cry this morning , but they were happy tears. This is beautiful and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did!

What a Beautiful Day...

What a beautiful day today turned out to be. The air was crisp and fresh...

I had to go out early this morning to take my husbands car to be inspected- while I was there I noticed 2 beautiful miniature donkey in the field behind the barn. So of course I had to go visit them- they were the most friendly donkey I ever met.

They were so happy to see me.

We chatted for a while and they posed for a few pictures. What a fun morning I had!

Fun Fall Giveaway

Hurry over to The Cutting Edge of Ordinary

Lisa is hosting her first ever giveaway for the start of Fall. It is fun and exciting...



Just leave her a comment and tell her what your favorite thing is about Fall. She will put all your names in my giant pumpkin bowl and choose a winner on Saturday morning, September 27th. One of the prizes is "Dorie Greenspan’s Baking: From my Home to Yours". Rush over to Lisas site to see what else she is giving away...



Happy Fall

September 20~ Puppy Mill Awareness Day

I wanted to do my part to help make everyone aware of the horrors of puppy mills in our country and around the world.
I am posting this information in hopes that you will read it and pass it on to all your friends. Let's all help stop this cruelty!
Puppy Mill Information http://www.awarenessday.org/national/pm_info.html#pm

O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month

O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
September is Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. In honor of Gina DePalma, author of Dolce Italiano: Desserts from the Babbo Kitchen and Executive Pastry Chef of Babbo Ristorante in NYC, who was recently diagnosed with ovarian cancer, Sara of Ms Adventures in Italy, Jenn of The Leftover Queen, and Michelle of Bleeding Espresso are asking you to donate to the:
Ovarian Cancer Research Fund (via FirstGiving.org)
and then, out of the goodness of your hearts and to be eligible for the O Foods for Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month Contest, please do the following:
1. Post a recipe to your blog using a food that starts or ends with the letter O (e.g., oatmeal, orange, okra, octopus, olive, onion, potato, tomato) and include this entire text box in the post;
OR
2. If you’re not into the recipe thing, simply post this entire text box in a post on your blog to help spread the word about the event and Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month.
AND
3. Then send your post url [along with a photo (100 x 100) if you've made a recipe] to ofoods[at]gmail[dot]com by 11:59 pm (Italy time) on September 30, 2008.
We will post a roundup and announce prize winners on October 3.
Prizes:
1 Recipe Prize for best “O food” concoction: $50 gift certificate to Amazon;
1 Awareness Prize for only publicizing event: Copy of Dolce Italiano cookbook.
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From the Ovarian Cancer Research Fund:
Ovarian cancer is the leading cause of death from gynecologic cancers in the United States and is the fifth leading cause of cancer death among U.S. women; a woman’s lifetime risk of ovarian cancer is 1 in 67.
The American Cancer Society estimates that 21,650 women will be diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the U.S. in 2008 and about 15,520 women will die from the disease.
The symptoms of ovarian cancer are often vague and subtle, making it difficult to diagnose. There is no effective screening test for ovarian cancer but there are tests which can detect ovarian cancer when patients are at high risk or have early symptoms.
In spite of this patients are usually diagnosed in advanced stages and only 45% survive longer than five years. Only 19% of cases are caught before the cancer has spread beyond the ovary to the pelvic region.
When ovarian cancer is detected and treated early on, the five-year survival rate is greater than 92%.
Please donate to the Ovarian Cancer Research Fundand help spread the word!

Remembering My Dad...

My Father was a man that loved his Motherland.
He was born in Messina in 1925 and from infancy was raised in Cinquefrondi, Reggio Calabria.
He studied medicine and came to the United States...he left behind his parents his brother and his Motherland.
He met and married my Mother and they lived in New Jersey and raised my brother and I. My father always instilled in me a deep and profound love for the Motherland that oozes from our veins.
Aside from being an extremely skilled physician -my Father loved to write his thoughts and feeling on paper.
I wonder what he would have done if he had the pleasure of living long enough to have his own blog!
My Father passed away in 2002 at the age of 77.
Among the many memories he left us is a powerful collection of his thoughts and feelings...on paper!
I wanted to share one of his poems with you...
I hope you enjoy it! I hope it moves you as it moves me!

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O Patria Mia
By Paolo Valvo

Italia, O Patria Mia
Madre feconda di si’ nobile parole,
Il tuo desio m’assale
Se la vision di te mi torna al cuore.

Vedo I tuoi monti austeri,
Il mare accarezzar le dolci sponde,
I vasti piani e laboriosi campi
Dove perenne par che v’ondeggi il grano.

Dall’alpi alla trinacria
Dall’una all’altra sponda
D’insigne tua progenie
L’opra sublime annonda,

E l’ecodella Gloria
Di tua Romana gente
Nell’aere spande
Qual luce che risplende,

Ovunque l’occhio vaghi
Bella tu sei o cara patria mia,
Bella nel corpo e l’alma,
Si dolce, si’ desiata Madre Mia!

Potessi ancora mirare
L’azzurro del tuo mare…
O potess’io vagare
Ancor sulle tue sponde…

E poi ancor mirare
Le cupole tue belle…
Sentir le tue campane
Scoccar nel cielo al vespro!

O Paria Mia Diletta
Pottesse l’esser mio’
Esser da te
Nel tiepido calor del grembo tuo!

Da si’lontana sponda
Spesso al guardar m’indulgo
Di la’dell orizzonte…
Ed il pensier di te
Carezza l’alma mia…

Il sussurrar m’e’ d’uopo:

O Cara Patria Mia!


© 2008 SMVALVO

Little Apple /Pastry Delights

Well I got inspired. Thats what happens when I sit at my computer and read all the different blogs I subscribe to.
Sooooo I pulled out whatever I had in my fridge to use.
Pastry dough (already prepared)
Apples
Cinnamon
Sugar
and of course my Silpat mat!

I cut up the apples and sprinkled them with cinnamon and sugar- then I filled a pastry circle and pinched all the edges so they would not leak.












Well- they were not contest worthy but they were not half bad and my hubby loved them.
Oh course for my darling son....(who won't dare eat an apple) I made dough stuffed with chocolate and another stuffed with Nutella....

I served it with mini scoops of vanilla ice cream.
It was a big hit!

The Omnivores 100

You might have seen this list on lots of other blogs, it's originally from the Very Good Taste blog.

If you want to put a copy on your blog, just copy this one from here and put the one's you've eaten in bold.I put the ones I havent tried in Italics.

1. Venison
2. Nettle tea
3. Huevos rancheros
4. Steak tartare
5. Crocodile-Alligator?
6. Black pudding
7. Cheese fondue
8. Carp
9. Borscht
10. Baba ghanoush
11. Calamari
12. Pho
13. PB&andJ sandwich
14. Aloo gobi
15. Hot dog from a street cart
16. Epoisses
17. Black truffle
18. Fruit wine made from something other than grapes
19. Steamed pork buns
20. Pistachio ice cream
21. Heirloom tomatoes
22. Fresh wild berries
23. Foie gras
24. Rice and beans
25. Brawn or head cheese
26. Raw Scotch Bonnet pepper
27. Dulce de leche
28. Oysters
29. Baklava
30. Bagna cauda
31. Wasabi peas
32. Clam Chowder
33. Salted lassi
34. Sauerkraut
35. Root beer float
36. Cognac with a fat cigar
37. Clotted Cream Tea
38. Vodka Jelly/Jell-O
39. Gumbo
40. Oxtail
41. Curried goat
42. Whole Insects
43. Phaal
44. Goat’s milk
45. Malt whisky from a bottle worth $120 or more
46. Fugu
47. Chicken tikka masala
48. Eel
49. Krispy Kreme original glazed doughnut
50. Sea urchin
51. Prickly pear
52. Umeboshi
53. Abalone
54. Paneer
55. McDonald’s Big Mac Meal
56. Spaetzle
57. Dirty gin martini
58. Beer above 8% ABV
59. Poutine
60. Carob chips
61. S’mores
62. Sweetbreads
63. kaolin
64. Currywurst
65. Durian
66. Frogs’ legs
67. Beignets, churros, elephant ears or funnel cake
68. Haggis
69. Fried plantain
70. Chitterlings or andouillette
71. Gazpacho
72. Caviar and blini
73. Louche absinthe
74. Gjetost or brunost
75. Roadkill
76. Baijiu
77. Hostess Fruit Pie
78. Snail
79. Lapsang Souchong
80. Bellini
81. Tom Yum
82. Eggs Benedict
83. Pocky
84. 3 Michelin Star Tasting Menu
85. Kobe beef
86. Hare
87. Goulash
88. Flowers
89. Horse
90. Criollo chocolate
91. Spam
92. Soft shell crab
93. Rose harissa
94. Catfish
95. Mole poblano
96. Bagel and lox
97. Lobster Thermidor
98. Polenta
99. Jamaican Blue Mountain coffee
100. Snake

Not bad ...more than I thought!