jillyju

Real Name:

Jill

Location:

Oakland, CA

Best meal I ever ate:

The next one

My current drink of choice:

Diet Gingerale

I really wish I could:

Eat out more often

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Cornish hens marinated in balsamic vinegar, white wine, garlic, and herbs, and roasted with dried fruit and green olives. Long live the Silver Palate Cookbook.

My favorite comfort food:

Chicken: roast it, grill it, marinate it, make it into soup, I'll like it. And if you add some very buttery mashed potatoes, you'll be my best friend.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

A Cote, Oakland, for the wood-fire roasted mussels. Tacqueria San Jose, Oakland, for tacos al pastor; The Whaling Station in Monterey for a Prime Rib-eye steak, medium rare; Tribu in S. San Francisco, for grilled pork, fried pork, and maybe some sauteed pork. Koi Palace, in Daly City, for spectacular dim sum and especially xlb's.

My most tattered cookbooks:

Joy of Cooking