Glorious International Food Week: an Introduction

I like food. I like eating food, and I like making food. What's strange is that I'm kind of a picky eater. When I was younger, it was 'picky,' now at group/guest meals, it's just polite. "No, thanks. I'm alright. I'm sure someone else would like it more."
But cooking my own food gets me around that. I can make all kinds of crazy foods, and just avoid the things I don't like. I love it.
But some of my friends, like my cooking companions, Pops and Wonder Bread, are picky in different ways than I am. The list of prohibited foods include, but are not limited to:
Mushrooms (which I love)
Mac and Cheese (also love)
Soups, of all kinds (which, to be honest, I'm not really into much either)
Ground Meat, of any kind (I really can't live without hamburgers and meatballs)
and Strawberries (which I love, but can live without)
So when the opportunity arrives where I happen to be cooking without them, I head straight to my banned foods list. And when Pops is gone for an entire week?
...
COMMENCE GLORIOUS FOOD WEEK!
I might also add that every Wednesday here in NY is Quesadilla Wednesday. Every. Single. Wednesday. Usually chicken. ALWAYS quesadillas. I'm not so fond of weekly quesadillas. Don't get me wrong, I love mexican food. As a transplanted Californian, there are some foods I cannot live without. Most notably completely fake, gooey chinese food, and honest to goodness mexican food. But quesadillas, to me, barely hint at the wonder of true mexican food.
So with the prospect of an entire week sans Pops, my new companion Girl Wonder and I were thinking - change Quesadilla Wednesday into Mexican Night. And while we're at it, why not make the whole week themed, based off things Pops won't eat. And thus, Glorious Food Week became...
GLORIOUS INTERNATIONAL FOOD WEEK!
And then I started planning. I have an entire 8 days of breakfast, lunches, and dinners, and desserts all up to my discretion.
So far, I'm thinking of hitting Indian, Chinese, Canadian (Girl Wonder is from Canada), Polish, English, Mexican, and Classic American.
If you have any suggestions (for ethnicities or recipes/dishes), please leave me a comment!
I'll be posting recipes and my thoughts from the week.