Background I come from a mixed heritage; half is white and the other half is Latin-American (I’ll refer to now as ‘ethnic’). I’ve grown up mainly around my white side of the family and only on rare occasions have spent time with my ethnic family. I was raised with barely any ethnic culture. S...

When I dine at a restaurant, I frequently "collaborate" with another in my party so that between the two of us we can order two different items from the menu and then we each the have an opportunity to taste two different menu selections. Half way through the meal we switch plates. We have been d...