Nick's Food Project

Hello again!  For our ongoing art project, we have to paint a platter/plate of food, that has some sort of connection to us.  For example, a cultural connection.  My choice of food is Italian.  I chose it, because first of all, the food looks really great, but more importantly, I am Italian, and besides Pizza and Pasta which I eat all the time, I don't eat authentic Italian food very often, so this connects me to my culture  Below is the photo which I am going to paint.  What food do you have a connection to?  Have you ever done a similar project?  Thanks for looking!