Tulle, I am coming over! Your meal ideas are fantastic.

I have one question, what is crawfish? I know about crayfish - is it the same?

Sal, they’re the same. Crawfish might be a regional spelling.

I’ve never thought about what was local cuisine as so much is available in our city.
I usually cook for either DH and I or a larger crowd so that means soup or salad, a chicken dish, grilled vegetables, rice with stuff in it or roasted potatoes, ice cream, toppings, berries, and maybe one more sweet. If it was just 4 of us wild salmon might sub for the chicken.
In summer, maybe a salad as entree.
I cook, but I’m not extraordinary.

Sal typical Aussie food is the same as NZ, so if you visited my house, I would let DH decide as he is the chef in our household.

Currently he is on a Japanese bent, so it would likely be porterhouse steak cooked teppanyaki style with a Japanese dipping sauce, rice (or cold soba noodles) and salad. He also does a mean silken tofu for the non-meat eaters.

Dessert - green tea ice cream (or chocolate for the children)

Drinks (a selection) - Iced water, green tea, Japanese beers, Australian white wine and Ramune (Japanese lemonade) for the children. Sometimes we have sparkling sake, which is beautiful!

He has gone through different phases and for a while (when he was in a German phase) I was having to bake large pretzels!

Sal, you'd be quite welcome, and it would probably be the yummy something of your choice, courtesy of UberEats! We've got loads of options - Italian, Thai, Korean, sushi, Greek, Indian, Caribbean, plant-based, rotisserie chicken (Canadian or Portuguese style) ... take your pick

If I have it in the fridge Cougar Gold cheese with a Macrina baguette (the tiny sourdough one). Otherwise Beecher’s cheese. Halibut mousse as well.
Salmon, preferably king, pan seared. Asparagus or broccolinni depending on season. Tiny potatoes.
Plus my world famous tartar sauce. I’ve made it in three continents, been a hit, and the one thing I can do consistently.
Dessert uh....
Washington state or Oregon wines. Bonus Treveri Cellars bubbly.

ETA, but in all honestly I have an excellent seafood restaurant within walking distance. So uh, that’s more realistic.

I’m coming over annagybe! That all sounds amazing
Nothing really specific over here. I do live in Greektown so in summer perhaps souvlaki marinated by a local butcher on the grill, tatziki, Greek salad with excellent Feta (although I prefer Bulgarian, but don’t tell the Greeks!), grilled vegetables and haloumi for vegetarians, and mini spanakopita and tyropita for appetizers. For dessert I like to do something based on seasonal fruit, often a crisp, or a pan of brownies is always an hit.

More yummy dishes.

We are actually having a friend from the US visit next werk but are actually going out. Last year when he visited I cooked a Moroccan meal along with Pavlova!

We like barbecued whatever. Lots of vegetables. Pie and ice cream for dessert. Nice cheeses too.

My husband is a wonderful cook and foodie. If you showed up there would be lots of vegetables and they would be delicious. In Israel lunch is the main meal, so if you showed up randomly for dinner it would very likely be an omelette and a freshly cut, finely chopped salad.

This is such a fun thread! I'll be making the rounds of everyone's houses for the visitor-meal world tour, thankyouverymuch

And if any of you showed up at my house, I'd make soup! I'd adjust depending on your preferences (vegetarian vs. meatfeast, etc.) and the season (I'm in Portland, Oregon, USA). I'm soup master in our house, while my husband is the baker of the group. We'd either make a loaf of no-knead bread to accompany it, or just pick up a baguette. Or I'd make some quick biscuits. Then we'd roast some asparagus or (insert veg here). My daughter, 7, will read you some of her favorite book. Probably ice cream for dessert!

Honestly, it's such a crap shoot from one week to the next with my household that we'd probably take you around the corner to a great little restaurant/tavern that serves great fresh seafood, a huge craft beer list, and wonderful Smith Island cakes for dessert.

But I've been queen crock pot lately and make a really mean vegetable soup (doctored up recipe I found online, plus a healthy addition of Old Bay seasoning) -- my husband declared it the best he's ever had and ate it all up in just a couple of days, which is rare for him! I'm also a good baker, so I'd whip up some cornbread. That would be good for cold weather.

For warm weather, we'd fire up the grill and serve some of our steaks or burgers that came straight from our cattle ranch. Grill some asparagus and baby potatoes, maybe some corn on the cob as well. We always have vegan burgers in the freezer too, so something even for the non-meat-eaters.

we are out here in seattle, & it seems every few weeks we are having some kind of party or guests over for dinner! we have a big focus on local food--fresh seafood, home cured meats or produce from our garden, whatever is in season. We are lucky the quality available is amazing, and we both love to cook

we built a pizza oven in the backyard so a classic Italian style wood fired pizza party is pretty common in the summer. Fresh arugula, prosciutto & garden pears is popular, as are mushrooms, homemade sausage, caramelized onions. Sides are often fresh or roasted vegetable platter and fruit & maybe some fresh smoked salmon or dungeness crab if a friend has gone crabbing

Other popular easy meals: cedar plank grilled salmon, with a spinach salad and either new potatoes or polenta. or grilled halibut with horseradish, couscous & asparagus or broccoli . The Mr likes to bbq, and his favorites are a pork shoulder, (classic southern style or hawaiian style with banana leaves) or ribs (done all day)

Desserts might be blackberry/raspberry cobblers, apple pie or a chocolate flourless torte.

The Mr used to be a baker, so fresh sourdough bread and home brewed beer are usually around. Our guests never go hungry thats for sure!

I left this thread for a bit and then caught up!!

Lucky I have elastic waist pants and eat and drink everything..........