1. Arroz de Mariscos cooked over an open fire on the beach in Caiscais. 2. A roast pork sandwich and a shot of espresso in the stands at an Industriales playoffs game in Havana
My current drink of choice:
calvados sidecar
I really wish I could:
have dinner at my grandparents' Roumanian steakhouse "The Gold Rose" - on Rivington and Eldridge circa 1929
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Empanadas
My favorite comfort food:
Char sui bao
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Marchi's, Pearl, Molyvos, Fatty Crab and Virgil's in NY. El Aljibe and Juana la Cubana in Havana
My most tattered cookbooks:
Well Preserved: A Jam Making Hymnal, The Cooking of Southwest France, Lettuce in Your Kitchen, The Provincetown Seafood Cookbook,