Domestic Goddess

I've always baked with cake mixes shortly after I married my hubby. Then 3 years later when we moved to this remote village south of Seoul, there are no cake mixes available. I made my first chocolate cake from scratch and found it tasted so chocolatey and so pure. Hmm, how can I described it... no metallic aftertaste like from a cake mix. Hubby has preferred my scratch cakes from then on.

I tried to google He Cai Dai Mao and came up empty. It kept giving me Chairman Mao's articles. Latest game: John Wayne and foie gras

When homesickness strikes me, I make Adobo. Tonight's chicken adobo simmering in the wok. Chicken adobo is best paired with garlic fried rice... Leftover adobo will be breakfast tomorrow, paired with sunny-side egg and slices of tomatoes sprinkled with salt.

Jack Black and steamed rice Jack Black starred in the 2006 movie "Nacho Libre". The movie is about a is a young man who was raised in a monastery in Mexico and now works there as the cook. Fueled by his passion for wrestling, he dons a mask and cape and picks up a partner to compete in a local Lucha Libre tournament to try for the $200 prize so he can buy better food for the kids and achieve respect. One of the common Mexican side dishes is rice. Rice can be cooked boiled or steamed.

Toliver, your last answer was the right one.

I don't think that is tilapia as tilapia would have a wider body.

This is a giveaway Ted Danson and Romullan ale

Johnny Knoxville and taro Johnny Knoxville will be starring in the movie "Hawaiian Dick" later this year. The traditional Hawaiian dish poi is made of taro.

Jacques Cousteau and Earl Grey tea

Tom Hanks and Meyer Lemon Tom Hanks portrayed an FBI agent who tracked down master counterfeit artist Frank Abagnale Jr. in the movie "Catch Me If You Can". Frank Meyer, an employee of the US Department of Agriculture, introduced the Meyer lemon in 1908.

Shakespeare and bacon

Wendy, what a dinner spread! I love the scrambled eggs with caviar photo. The scallops, the crab... oooh everything looks so good. Even the fried quail egg with its crispy lacy underside with the yolk kept runny. Perfection!

Looks like grouper to me.

Sr Walter Raleigh and SpaghettiOs From 1600 to 1603, Sir Walter Raleigh was the Governor of the Channel Island of Jersey, and he was responsible for modernizing the defenses of the island. The Campbell soup company is headquarted in Camden New Jersey. Campbell bought Franco-American copany whose leading product was SpaghettiOs. Saddam Hussein and chicharrones

Anne, the KIng Tut and Orange Julius submisssion I made didn't cut it?

Nope, not only when I'm pregnant, if I could find it, I'm eating it every chance I get. I have been unsuccessful in trying to find a chinese restaurant that served that crispy mountain snake platter. I guess it was that Xiamen Restaurant's specialty. I have dreamt about that dish on and off for years. Oh, one major item I forgot. It was CAVE mountain snake that was served to me. Really extra special.

They use them too here in Korea in the big bakeries for their pound cakes. It's a pain in the rear to separate them from the cake as it sticks to the paper like glue.

Taking on Pee Wee Herman and duck Pee Wee Herman's movie "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" was re;eased by Warner Bros. studios. Warner Bros. has a famous cartoon duck named Daffy. Need I say more, doc? Yoda and lechon (roasted pig)

Sitting Bull and Blue Cheese Sitting Bull was a Hunkpapa Lakota chief and holy man, s notable in US history in large part because he was one of the few members of his race to be part of a major victory against the American army, when his premonition of defeating them at the Battle of Little Big Horn became reality. Premonitions come in form of odd dreams. Stilton, a form of blue cheese, to cause odd dreams, with 75% of men and 85% of women experiencing bizarre and vivid dreams after eating a 20g piece of the cheese 30 minutes before going to sleep. Harrison Ford and mango

I'm a Rooster, eldest son is a Dog while hubby and youngest son are dragons.

Another stab at it. Tinky Winky and Sardinian Maggot Cheese Tinky Winky is the purple Teletubby in the inane kids show - The Teletubbies. The New Zealand show Mai Time had a sketch entitled Smellie Grubbies, the characters names being Stinky Winky, Dipstick, Mars Bar and Poo. Yaroslav Trofimov, writing in the August 23, 2000 edition of The Wall Street Journal, describes the Sardian Maggot cheese as "a viscous, pungent goo that burns the tongue and can affect other parts of the body" - a real stinky poo. Hey it's a long shot but I tried... Another suggestion: Ray Charles and Gefilte Fish

Frank Sinatra and burgundy

King Tut and Orange Julius King Tut's modern popularity stems from the fact that his tomb in the Valley of the Kings was discovered almost completely intactThe splendors of Tutankhamun's tomb are among the most traveled artifacts in the world. They have been to many countries, but probably the best-known exhibition tour, attended by more than eight million people in the United States alone. Last year 2005, King's Tut's artifacts would go on tour again in an exhibition called "Tutankhamun and the Golden Age of the Pharaohs." This exhibition started in Los Angeles. Orange Julius is a fruit smoothie, created by blending frozen orange juice, ice cubes, and a mixture of powdered sugar and dairy creamer. This drink that grew out of an orange juice stand opened in Los Angeles in 1926 by Julius Freed.

I'll take A - for afraid I was sent to China for a business deal/merger (I was working for a medical online company as its PR&advertising manager). Unbeknowst to me, I was pregnant when I flew to Xiamen, China. I found out later in my hotel room, with the half a dozen chinese pregnancy test kits given to me by our Chinese business partners. Armed with this information, I was bolstered by the fact that now I can refuse all the alcohol suggestions (Chinese businessmen/doctors believe in the notion that the drunker you get your partner, the better hand you can get in the deal). It was the last week I was staying in Xiamen and the head doctors of the hospital administration decided to fete me with a Chinese banquet. There was an abundance of delectable dishes, the razor clams and the crispy chicken still resonate in my memory, I was a happy pregnant person that night. Then happiness turned into fear when a a huge platter of crispy mountain snake was brought to the table. I tried to use my pregnancy excuse to help me get out of the predicament of eating it. Cold sweat broke out on my brow as the huge platter was set right in front of me, while the head doctors smiled reassuringly for me to get some. My translator told me that it would be a huge embarassment and affront if I didn't even taste it (I think it cost an astronomical sum). I halting repeated that I was carrying a bun in the oven but they refuse to consider and even triumphantly declared that the mountain snake dish is good for baby. I took the smallest piece I could find and braced myself for the first bite. It was heavenly, FEAR became HAPPINESS again as I greedily loaded my plate with a heaping mound of mountain snake. Our business partners were very happy and I left China with a signed merger and a happy knowledge that what you fear is sometimes the most delicious thing you can pop into you mouth.

Bruce - your pancake recipe is very similar to mine. And I agree, it taste better with a lot of vanilla. My hubby and youngest son love it soaking in maple syrup. Eldest son and I love it with just a smear of butter - like you do. I agree with what the others have said, you are one of the most talented cooks in the Dinner thread, I always enjoy your colorful meal pics. Now I am drooling over your scrumptious crab cakes.