rickyric

Real Name:

richard schillen

Location:

richmond, indiana

Best meal I ever ate:

hard but I think the meal I had in a little trattoria on a hill overlooking spoleto, italy with four tables, dinner consisted of insalata mista, trotta truffata, pasta al'uovo con tartuffi, and wild strawberries for dessert, simple and divine

My current drink of choice:

South African honeybush iced tea

I really wish I could:

obliterate all fast food

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

summertime, Chicken Marbella from the Silver Palate Cookbook

My favorite comfort food:

yuca con mojo

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Saffron, Indianapolis, IN; loved Fogo de Chao, Indianapolis, IN, Schezwuan Gardens, Indianapolis, IN; Kubata, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Taste, Indianapolis, IN; Ghyslein, Richmond, IN; Vovotelo, Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Panama Jack's, Cape Town, South Africa

My most tattered cookbooks:

all of the Silver Palate Books, Julia Child's Art of French Cuisine, Joy of Cooking, The Minimalist, most of Martha Steward (she is still innocent); and My Enclyclopedia of Chinese Cookery