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Book meme, from sanj most recently:

1) Look at the list and bold those you have read.
2) Italicize those you intend to read
3) Underline the books you LOVE. 3a) Strikethrough the books you HATE.
4) Reprint this list in your own LJ so we can try and track down these people who’ve read 6 and force books upon them.

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68 out of 100! Woo!

For the Cooks

I made falafel for dinner - I've never made it before. Last night we made Indian: a curried veggie dish that was just okay, plus a dal that is a standby favorite for us. Last week we made pad thai. This kind of thing isn't too unusual for us.

But sometimes when I idly comment to someone that we're having pad thai for dinner, they assume we're going out, and get *very confused* when I say I'm making it myself.

How about you? How often do you cook ethnic foods (oh hell, defined for these purposes as food that's not from your family's culture, or the one you grew up in, or unfamiliar foods you didn't necessarily grow up with)? Are there ethnic foods you would never attempt (it's just too hard, or you can't get the ingredients, or it's just not as good as the professional version)?