foodmaven305

Location:

Miami Beach, FL

Best meal I ever ate:

Too many great meals to just name one. Most memorable: in Riomaggiore at a local family's sea side home where they prepared everything they caught fresh that day from the sea, homemade pasta and wine they made as well. Most recent: Merlot Braised Shortribs w/ Parsnip ravioli at Talula on South Beach...best shortribs I've ever had in my life.

My current drink of choice:

Depends on where I'm at...champagne, a single malt scotch, a Belgian Ale or a cocktail with a little heat in it. .

I really wish I could:

have a personal chef. Who doesn't right?

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

a great salad.

My favorite comfort food:

chicken wings, fried pork chops and sweet potatoes...reminds me of my childhood.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Talula (Miami), Hy Vong (Miami), Canyon (Ft. Lauderdale), Otto (NYC), Mercadito (NYC)

My most tattered cookbooks:

I wing it.