[lspencer534]

and one for the "plain" palate. First of all, I like a great variety of food, from exotic and gourmet to good ole hot Texas chile. Only two things turn me off in the food department: Messing with a traditional recipe (such as putting junk like dried cherries and apricots in corn bread dressing) and people who think food must be gourment in order to be good.

Here's the recipe for the experienced palate.

Get a bag of the largest figs you can find.
Slice the figs lengthwise.
Grille the figs face down on med-high heat until they're warm and have grille marks.
Remove figs from grille and place 3 face up in a small dessert bowl.
Add a heaping teaspoonful of Gorgonzola cheese to each fig.
Then sprinkle walnut (not black walnut) pieces on the Gorgonzola.
Drizzle Agave Nectar over the figs and serve.

For the less experimental:

Take a box of your favorite chocolate cake mix or chocolate brownie mix and add to it one 16 oz. can of pumpkin. You will not need any eggs, oil or anything else. Bake in a pan as normal. The result is a moist, slightly dense cake that is addictive. Unless you knew it contained pumpkin you'd probably never guess it is in there; you'll just know it's different than normal.