Phil_A_Mignon

Real Name:

Mark

Location:

Exton, Pennsylvania

Best meal I ever ate:

A seven course tasting menu that defies any successful description in words, at French Laundry - November, 2006

My current drink of choice:

A very floral IPA, or a big '97 Amarone

I really wish I could:

sit down and have a meal with Anthony Bourdain and Mario Batali, cooked by them

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

porcini mushroom risotto

My favorite comfort food:

A big greasy Reuben with fries, and ice cream

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

so far - French Laundry, Morimoto (Philly), Lotus (Hackensack, NJ), Les Halles (NY), Vetri (Philly)

My most tattered cookbooks:

all of the Ina Garten books, all of the Williams-Sonoma theme books (i.e. "Roasting", "Chicken", etc.), Bourdain's Les Halles Cookbook (for the prose as much as the recipes), many others