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Best meal I ever ate:

An 18 item Easter Dinner, prepared by me, for my sister and her family, in British Columbia... Eleven hungry participants enjoyed the fare; washed down with copious amounts of wine (red and white varietals)....

My current drink of choice:

... a non-alcohol favourite called water....available at your favourite sink bib everywhere.

I really wish I could:

enjoy Red, Red, wine to the same extent as my friends. However, health implications prevent the luxury.... More's the pity.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Chicken Liver Pate.

My favorite comfort food:

Creamed Chicken Stew, "A La my Romanian Mother".

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

"Trattoria Leonardo"; "Sushi-Sky", "Biryani House"; "Carmen's Steakhouse"; Stara Polska"

My most tattered cookbooks:

"POFTA BUNA" (a collection of recipes compiled by a church group of Romanian women.; "Marcella Cucina" by Marcella Hazen; "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking" by Marcella Hazen;; "Marcella Says" by Marcella Hazen.... " Simple Italian Food" by Mario Batali. (to name just a few)