Despite the fact that 90% of what I ate was home cooked, mostly from scratch, meals, I managed to miss out on some basics like courgette (zucchini) and aubergine (eggplant) and BUTTER if you can believe it.
My mother was big on margarine. So when I moved out I continued the tradition until one day I made a fateful mistake. It was like in Ratatouille. I was sat in my studio just eating buttered bread having an out of body experience.
Sushi. I was in college and my dad was visiting me. We were looking for somewhere to have dinner and I saw a sushi restaurant. I grew up eating lots of different foods but that was one I just hadn’t had the opportunity or inclination to try. But college is when you try new things, so we did. And I loved it.