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Location:

Brooklyn, USA

Best meal I ever ate:

Any of a number of meals at Le Bernardin, particularly the tasting menu on my 40th birthday. A meal at Olivier Roellinger's Maison de Bricourt in Cancale, France. Oysters on the port with a half bottle of Gros Plant in Cancale. A plateau de fruits de mer in Brittany (see my avatar). Real Ligurian pesto, with potatoes, green beans and fresh basil, just picked, from the hillside overlooking the sea.

My current drink of choice:

Wine, without a doubt. These days, Syrah from California, particularly Santa Barbara region. Grenache in any form, including Gigondas or CDP.

I really wish I could:

Carry a tune.

My favorite comfort food:

A crepe. A nice soup. Neopolitan pizza.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Le Bernardin. Maison de Bricourt (Cancale, France). Al di La. Sugiyama. Toque (Montreal). Maison de Bricourt is now closed. I'll keep the memory of my meals there alive, while I add Corton as favorite #5.

My most tattered cookbooks:

My course guide from Tech I and II at Peter Kump's New York Cooking School (now called the Institute for Culinary Education). Most recipes I prepare are now garnered from various food blogs.