« Besides a, even with recipe for me unreproducible tasty cranberry curry sauce my mum always made to fondue, it's definitely the leek and cheese soup. »

« My grandma’s manti. I’ve always hated onions, so my grandma cooked my portion separately from everyone else’s — without onions. »

« Grated carrots with honey—super simple, sweet, and healthy, too! My mom used to make it for me all the time. »

« My hometown is famous for rice noodles, especially "old-friends-noodle", with spicy hot pepper, garlic, fermented black soybeans, it has magic to heal cold. »

« Hours and days spent planning, making, and decorating my own birthday cakes with my mom. »

« For me, food has always been important and an indispensable part of all cultures. I like the food prepared with love and tradition. »

« My grandfather's steaks, always grilled medium-rare. »

« My grandmother's Baumstammkuchen (Bûche de Noël) filled with chocolate pudding instead of buttercream. Yum! »

« Schnitzel all the way! As a kid, I loved to help my mom pound the meat and I always got the biggest schnitzel. »

« "Pillepatsch" - a stew of mushrooms, bell pepper and meat with different ketchup varieties served with rice. »

« Eating chicken adobo with rice and drinking mango shakes brings me back to my childhood in the Philippines. »

« Eating a nice plate of Spaghetti Carbonara is my favorite quick and easy food. And it tastes amazing. »

« We always had tons of fresh vegetables and fruits in our garden and I loved to roll fresh raspberries into lettuce leaves. »

« Smell and taste of freshly baked bread from a wooden stove, brings me back to my grandma's village, some of the best childhood moments! »

« My grandma makes the best Christmas "Klöße" (German dumplings) and pasta. We still request this combination today. »

« After-school grilled peanut butter sandwiches that my mom made for me—because the more butter the better. »

« My mom's rice pudding with strawberries (she always used strawberries from a jar) and lots of cinnamon-sugar. »

« Grandma's dumplings with horseradish sauce, including a valuable lesson: Don't smell at freshly grated horseradish. »

« A friend from Georgia once gave my mother a family recipe for pilaf. I've never eaten better! »

« Rice pudding with apple compote and cinnamon. My mom wrapped the pot in a towel and put it in bed to cook. »

« My grandma's kale and sausage that she always had to cook for my sister and me, no matter if it was summer or winter. »

« Grandma's filled sweet pepper with a special tomato sauce and a lot of sprinkled sugar on top. Sounds weird, but I loved the spicy-sweet combination and never got bored of it :). »

« Grandma's Kässpätzle! Sadly noone north from Stuttgart knows how to prepare them like she does. »

« My grandma's homemade potato pancakes paired with the sweet smell of her apple-cinnamon compote. »

« A cold Andalusian gazpacho for lunch on a hot summer day, follow up with black paella filled with seafood and some alioli. »

« My grandma's white bread with chocolate sprinkle that she rationed out carefully and sent to us from West Germany. »

« Polish cabbage rolls with bacon gravy or Königsberger Klopse...I can't make up my mind. It was all so good. »

« Sunday afternoons stuffing my face with translucent shrimp dumplings, steamed radish cakes, warm congee, and one too many char siu pork baos. »

« Homemade Chinese dumplings because the whole family helped make them, and eating with a crowd is the best 😋. »

« My mother preparing Pesto. It laid the groundwork for me holding the world-record in consuming Pesto (sorry, Wiebke). »

« My dad used to make "Käsespatzen" (cheese spätzle) every Saturday. I loved it so much and it got better every week. »

« Grandma's "pierogies" (Polish dumplings) filled with blueberries and strawberries and topped with sweet cream. »

« Waiting patiently for sweet corn and scallion fritters fresh from the wok, then smothering them in sweet soy sauce. »

« My grandma's rice pudding with apple sauce because my grandpa loved it and only got to eat it when I was there. »

« Potato soup with apple pancakes - It is still my favorite comfort food. »

« Going to the harbour with my grandad, catching prawns, barbecuing them and watching the seagulls swoop down and fly away into the sunset with them... »

« Silesian (Polish) dumplings with fried beef rouladen, rich gravy, and boiled red cabbage. »

« Everything directly from my parent's or grandparent's garden »

« My grandma lived with us and after school, there was something delicious waiting at home. She was the best! »

« My mum had a business decorating cakes. Back then everyone wanted to come to my birthday party »

« The smell of pho soup that filled my childhood classrooms in Vietnam, where a pho stall is on every street corner. »

« Since my early childhood my mum serves duck à l'orange with mashed potatoes and broccoli on Christmas holidays and at dinners with friends - I'm always looking forward to it! »

« Preparing fresh zucchini, tomato, and feta casseroles with my family, using veggies from our garden. »

« Traditional Fluffy "Racuchy" - polish pancakes with sweet cream, powdered sugar and apples made by my grandmother »

« Stir-fried potato sticks has always been the favorite of my family. Growing up I ate it a lot with rice congee. »

« My grandpa's homemade yogurt with wild blueberries and sugar. In the summer, we always drink it before a hike. »

« My grandma always made me fried rice after kindergarten. I still have fond memories of eating it in her front yard. »