[What a coincidence, she likes him too! Especially since he doesn't treat her eccentricity like stupidity. She's far from dumb, but she definitely has her own unique way of seeing things.]

Well, back home I didn't have much money, so I started out making a game out of seeing what I could make with what groceries were on sale. Then I thought, life is too short to keep eating the same thing! So now it's kind of a habit, to see what new kinds of dishes I can create.

[She beams, hitching her shoulders. Her cooking is weird, but no one's ever called it bad. She doesn't burn or undercook anything.]

If you don't like it, I can try to keep things simple.