i love to cook ethnic foods.
[{"role": "system", "content": "Indian cuisine comprises a wide variety of regional and traditional cuisines native to the Indian subcontinent. Given the range of diversity in soil type, climate, culture, ethnic groups, and occupations, these cuisines vary substantially from each other and use locally available spices, herbs, vegetables, and fruits. Indian food is also heavily influenced by religion, in particular Hindu, and cultural choices and traditions. Also, Middle Eastern and Central Asian influences have occurred on North Indian cuisine from the years of Mughal rule. Indian cuisine is still evolving, as a result of the nation's cultural interactions with other societies. Historical incidents such as foreign invasions, trade relations, and colonialism have played a role in introducing certain foods to the country. For instance, potato, a staple of the diet in some regions of India, was brought to India by the Portuguese, who also introduced chillies and breadfruit. Indian cuisine has shaped the history of international relations; the spice trade between India and Europe was the primary catalyst for Europe's Age of Discovery. Spices were bought from India and traded around Europe and Asia. Indian cuisine has influenced other cuisines across the world, especially those from Europe, the Middle East, North Africa, sub-Saharan Africa, Southeast Asia, the British Isles, Fiji, and the Caribbean.\n"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "I LOVE ethic cuisine -- Indian is delicious, and I cook it whenever I can."}, {"role": "user", "content": "What type of Indian food is your favorite"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Oooooh, so hard to choose. A good curry though -- ah, delicious! All the spices, herbs, chilies...and all sopped up with fresh naan!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Is there any other Indian food that is a favorite"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Tandoori, for sure. How about you? Do you like Indian food? Or any other kind of ethnic food?"}, {"role": "user", "content": "I am not a big fan of indian food.  Too spicy for me.  What is tandoori?"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "It's prepared by roasting chicken marinated in yogurt and spices in a \"tandoor\", which is a cylindrical clay oven."}, {"role": "user", "content": "That sounds interesting.   I love Italian and Spanish food"}, {"role": "assistant", "content": "Well, I'm with you on those, too! What are some of your favorites? Last night, I made lasagna -- but using zucchini \"noodles\" instead of pasta. Really great!"}, {"role": "user", "content": "Yeah I just cant live without pizza.  We have a great local restaurant who makes it true italian brick oven style"}]