alimcghee

Real Name:

Ali

Location:

Rochester,NY

Blog:

http://rochesterbreadandcircuses.wordpress.com/

Best meal I ever ate:

1) Vietnamese in Victoria, Canada 2) Paella in Gracia, Barcelona 3) Pintxos (Basque tapas) in Barcelona 4) any time I have Spanish gazpacho 5) late night falafel pitas

My current drink of choice:

Chicory Coffee from Cafe du Monde

I really wish I could:

go to Mongolia

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Pintxo appetizer with roasted red peppers, basil, toasted walnut and gorgonzola on french bread round

My favorite comfort food:

Chicken and dumplings

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

The Admiral -- Asheville; Nine Mile -- Asheville; Sodam Korean -- Rochester; Good Luck -- Rochester

My most tattered cookbooks:

The New Spanish Table, Mediterranean: Food of the Sun, Moosewood Simple Suppers, The South American Table, a cookbook of my own making filled with printed, scribbled, and torn recipes