Let's be honest: the GTM at Moto was amazing. But mish-mash picnics of cheese and baguette and roasted vegetables and leftover ratatouille and Cool Ranch Doritos in a car at Mt. Rainier can be pretty great too.
everyone always makes me bake dessert, but I love making Nancy Silverton's Egg Pappardelle with Bagna Cauda, Wilted Radicchio, and a Fried Egg (if the dinner party is small-ish)
My favorite comfort food:
Spaghetti-Os
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Ikko (Costa Mesa, CA); Riva Cucina (Berkeley, CA); Gioia Pizzeria (Berkeley, CA); Oki Doki (Costa Mesa, CA); Saigon Express (Berkeley, CA, for very sentimental reasons) tied with Kappou Gomi (San Francisco, CA)