Best meal I ever ate:
Hmm, too many to choose just one—perhaps handmade potato parathas from a cart on a cold morning in Kulu, India
My current drink of choice:
Anything that isn't vodka
I really wish I could:
Cook Asian food (other than Indian) comfortably
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Indian food or Lebanese chicken fateh
My favorite comfort food:
my mother's cooking, dosa, pasta, thai food, chicken paprikas, any kind of soup
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Skylight Inn—Ayden, NC; Il Cortile—Rome; Seafood Market—Bangkok; The night market in Luang Prabang; A place with amazing iddlis in Bombay (I forget the name.)
My most tattered cookbooks:
The Joy of Cooking—I only have to look up the simple things
