Earl: “Chocolate cake or chocolate chip cookies.” Cecilia: “Arepa (a corn pancake from Columbia), scrambled eggs with onions and tomatoes, and homemade hot chocolate.”

Earl and Cecilia Simmins, Columbus

Kristin: “Hot soup.” Kate: “All sorts of German chocolate and German gummy bears. Also, Trader Joe’s white cheddar popcorn.”

Kristin Griese with daughter Kate, Princeton

Jean: “Cheese.” Caroline: “Chocolate.”

Jean and Caroline Lareuse, Princeton

Petra: “Brownies.” Kalina: “Bulgarian Cheese.”

Petra Tsocheva and Kalina Stefanova, East Windsor

“Short rib beef stew (particularly in the cold weather).”

John Denny, Princeton

Robert: “Chocolate.” Gabriella: “Ice cream.” Matthew: “Chocolate bar.”

Robert Beals with Gabriella and Matthew Beals-Reid, Hopewell