10 Things I used to hate but now I love!

1.  Fennel

2.  Goat Cheese

3.  Blue Cheese

4.  Tomatoes

5.  Mushrooms

6.  Sesame Seeds

7.  Rye Bread

8.  Pate

9.  Coffee Flavored Desserts

10.  Coconut

And a few things that I still have a hard time with….

1.  Raw Oysters

2.  Steak Tartare

3.  Hazelnuts

4.  Licorice

5.  Sweetbreads (what a misnomer…various glands and organ meats)

6.  Runny Eggs

7.  Sausage (its a texture thing)

8.  Chocolates with liquor centers

9.  Skin, no matter how crispy

10.  Marjoram

10 Things I don’t eat anymore…but would probably still love.

1.  Pop-Tarts…cinnamon, unglazed, toasted with butter

2.  Fish Sticks

3.  Tater Tots

4.  SpaghettiO’s

5.  Spam…sliced thinly and fried

6.  Chef Boyardee Ravioli in a Can

7.  Cap’n Crunch

8.  Kraft Green Goddess Salad Dressing

9.  Apple Jacks

10.  Sweetened Condensed Milk  (spooned right out of the can)

10 Things I couldn’t live without in my kitchen: (small items)

1.  Off set spatulas

2.  Meat mallet

3.  Instant read meat thermometer

4.  Microplane zester

5.  Silicone pastry brushes

6.  Pyrex glass measuring bowls

7.  Chinese style mesh strainer

8  Parchment Paper

9.  Potato Ricer

10.  Lots of little prep cups