MariaTweety

Best meal I ever ate:

nearly everything at Bistro 185. Better than anything I've had in NY or abroad.

My current drink of choice:

Still the Cosmo. My drink with anything - Red Cat. Simple red semi-sweet table wine. Under $10.

I really wish I could:

Find a job. Two degrees, no work.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

grilled chicken and asparagas. When I have time and $$ - Sea Bass or Filet Osar.

My favorite comfort food:

Tomato and red pepper soup.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Bistro 185 (Cleveland), Taste (Cleveland Heights), Red Pepper (Amherst,NY) Umberto's okay-this was a wonderful night kind of experience(Manhattan)

My most tattered cookbooks:

Betty Crocker, Mom and Grandma's Italian recipes are all on cards, allrecipes.com, Indian home cooking by Saran and Lyness