We all have our favorite things, obvy, but especially when it comes to food & drink.
I thought it might be fun to collect them in this thread (as opposed to all over this site) — to share with one another.
For the sake of brevity, let’s limit replies to our top 5 (or fewer) for each category, and plz feel free to add your own category bc no doubt I forgot a bunch 
Appetizer: burrata Caprese, Vitello Tonnato, oysters, caponata
Beverage: sparkling mineral water, martini, Riesling, coffee
Bread: sourdough, rye, proper Rhineland Brötchen
Breakfast dish: most variations of eggs benny
Candy: dark chocolate
Cheese: Taleggio, Stichelton, feta, German fenugreek cheese
Condiment: Duke’s mayo, walnut mustard, screamingly hot hot sauce
Cuisine: Sichuan, Thai, Greek, Italian, Turkish
Fats: butter, duck fat, bacon fat, avocado oil, peanut oil
Fish: salmon, steelhead trout, rainbow trout, yellowtail
Fruit: avocado, cucumber, mango, pomegranate, tomato
Ice cream: pistachio, butter pecan, maple walnut, chocolate hazelnut, mango
Meat: lamb, duck, pork, venison, ostrich
Mushroom: porcini, chanterelles, king oyster, shiitake
Nut: pistachio (duh), walnut, pecan, brazil
Sauce: Hollandaise, Béarnaise, Piccata, beurre blanc, mushroom sauce
Pasta: pappardelle, fettuccine, linguine, paccheri, ravioli
Pizza toppings: green pepper, red onion, mushroom — ideally all of them together
Sandwich: BLT, club, mortadella / burrata / pistachio pesto, open-faced HBE sammich
Seafood: shrimp, scallops, octopus, oysters, mussels
Snack: Sichuan peanuts, popcorn, cheetos, dill pickle chicharrones
Vegetable: baby bok choy, fennel, leeks, spinach, corn
For me: Anything with Chorizo in it!! (especially if a homemade tortilla is involved)
For Sunshine: Anything with Chocolate and Peanut Butter in it!!
Gosh, you don’t half set us some hard tasks. But here’s today’s answers. Tomorrows, of course, could well be different.
Appetiser – pate de champagne, prawn cocktail, asparagus
Beverage – sparkling water, coffee, OJ
Bread – sourdough, sliced white
Breakfast dish – The “Full English”
Candy – dark chocolate
Cheese – Montgomery Cheddar, Bourne’s Cheshire, Sparkenhoe Red Leciester
Condiment – English mustard, Ketchup, Mitchell’s chilli & garlic sauce
Cuisine – British, Middle Eastern, South Asian
Fats – butter, olive oil, rapeseed oil
Fish – cod, salmon, tuna, sea bream/bass
Fruit – apple, banana, pear, grapes
Ice cream – vanilla, pistachio
Meat – lamb, pork venison, chicken
Mushroom – porcini, Portobello
Nut – pistachio, walnut, cobnut
Sauce – béarnaise, hollandaise
Pasta – casserecce, paccheri
Pizza topping – mushroom, onion, salami
Sandwich – ham & mustard, bacon, sausage, cheese/carrot/raisin
Seafood – prawns, mussels, crab
Snack – cheese & onion crisps, Bombay mix
Vegetable – red cabbage, peas, broad beans
Yah, no slacking in this thread, @Harters! Thx for playing 
Shrimp / prawn cocktail is a good app, and I can’t believe I forgot to mention it. And how could I forget CRAB in the seafood section???
Had to look up cobnut, which I only know under its other name, filbert.
Copied your list and used that as a template.
Appetizer: shrimp/lobster cocktail
Beverage: sparkling mineral water, campari & soda
Bread: baguette
Breakfast dish: Eggs
Candy: varies
Cheese: not so much
Cuisine: Many?
Fats: butter, bacon fat, avocado oil, olive oil (Spanish)
Fish:
Fruit: avocado, cucumber, tomato, raspberries, blueberries, stone fruit (in season)
Ice cream: pistachio, butter pecan,coffee
Meat: lamb, chicken, beef
Mushroom: most all of them
Nut: pistachio, cashew, pecan
Sauce:
Pasta: fettuccine, linguine, thin spaghetti
Pizza toppings: roasted peppers, pepperoni, mushrooms, fresh tomato
Dessert: Creme Brulee
Sandwich: ham and butter on a baguette (preferably all french and eaten in Paris)
Seafood: shrimp, scallops, lobster, mussels
Snack: hummus/pita or carrots
Vegetable: tomatoes…( I know its a fruit but its my favorite veg)
