Our Japanese exchange student has gotten me hooked on furikake (this seafood rice seasoning).
The Filipina one goes to these Filipina dinners in town and comes back with the leftovers--I adore pancit!
So last year we had a student come in 4th in the state in tennis and this year, one went to state in swimming! Would you believe that the high school coaches are saying, "Heeeyyy, you guys need to host again and pick us another good one!"