I prefer Mediterranean style or Asian. I really get into the contrasts of the fresh ingredients of wheat, legumes, fruit, vegetables, oils, and meats.
alligator just sounds wrong and nasty to eat
Alligator is delicious when cooked properly. It has a texture like a scallop abductor muscle yet a mildness of poultry. Lightly battered and fried with a spicy mustard and it will rock!
Squid is really good as well. It just needs to be prepared correctly or it will be chewy. Besides, most "calamari" in restaurants is sourced from China, which uses a bleaching process to clean and will be previously frozen (even then a chef of any commendation will work wonders with it). An establishment worth it's salt will use what we call in the industry "day boat" harvest i.e. meaning fresh, usually domestic, cleaned without chemicals or imported from a country that does the same.