TongoRad

Real Name:

Michael

Location:

Northern Valley, NJ

My current drink of choice:

American style Stouts and IPA's, various smoked beers, as well as most Italian amari (straight).

I really wish I could:

Attend the Peperoncino Festival in Calabria. One of these days...

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Veal and sausage ragu over polenta with a roasted garlic cauliflower contorno (if it is for a dinner party), but usually I entertain on a larger scale, so the same sort of thing makes a heck of a casserole with the simple addition of some cheese.

My favorite comfort food:

Tacos and tortas- no skimping on the chiles, either!

My most tattered cookbooks:

Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking- it was my first Indian Cookbook but it just works at all levels and remains as useful as it was on day 1.