dinin and dishin

Real Name:

Janie

Location:

Toronto and Bowmanville

Best meal I ever ate:

Sunset Grill, Oia, Santorini - late lunch of fresh caught fish, local olives and a carafe of wine enjoyed with the Aegean Sea at our feet.

My current drink of choice:

Wine

I really wish I could:

Spend a year in rural Italy, Greece and/or France learning to cook local dishes.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

a wonderful selection of cheeses from Alex Farms, some niscoise olives and a baguette

My favorite comfort food:

Pryahi, borscht, dim sum, chow mein, fresh bread.--not all at once

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Lai Wah Hen, Pop Bistro, Batifole, Little Tibet, Bar Mercurio, Zucca

My most tattered cookbooks:

Five Roses Cookbook (a great collection of all the basics), I have 3 generations of it--my grandmother's, my mother's and a recent version. Each one has treasures in it, and they reflect the generational changes in ingredients, cooking styles and food tastes