My favorite way with peppers (learned from Jacques Pepin): roast a panful in the oven (or any other way); cut the cooled roast peppers in strips and keep them in a jar in the refrigerator with a h...

Beautifully, simply, roasted chicken ... with potatoes and greens. (no better meal imaginable)

What makes me think there is a genetic component is the fact that the taste is described in pretty much the same terms by those who hate it (except while I get "soap," I would say more accurately "...

overnight oatmeal, with buttermilk and dried apricots ...

Lentil with bitter greens and spicy sausage ...

I'd make my current favorite -- bacon, pear, gorgonzola, a little arugula on sourdough ...

would grace my black and red kitchen and feel wonderful in my hands ...