Quenelles at Lutece.. never had anything that approached them since. RIP Lutece
My current drink of choice:
brunellos, burgundy, a wine's duty is to be red
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Paella Valenciana
My favorite comfort food:
orchiette with porcini sauce
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
La Grenouille in NY, Le Bistro des Amis (in Greenwich Village like it used to be), Canyon Ranch Miami restaurant (organic, low calorie and utterly delicious) some Chickee hut dive in Islamorada where I had the best fish ever
My most tattered cookbooks:
Marcella Hazan's Classic Italian, Julia Child's Kitchen, Simple Food by Alice Waters, Dione Lucas book of French Cooking