jonnorthwood

Real Name:

Jonathan Northwood

Location:

Portland, Oregon

Blog:

http://jmnorthwood.blogspot.com/

Best meal I ever ate:

I've had so many incredible meals, it'd be hard to say which was the best.

My current drink of choice:

Non-alcoholic: Diet Coke Plus, deliciously-alcoholic: La Bête's 2005 Pinot Noir from the Momtazi Vineyard

I really wish I could:

Be a restaurant critic or a food writer.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Veal medallions dotted with bleu cheese and drizzled with a port wine reduction.

My favorite comfort food:

Toasted dark rye pumpernickel with unsalted butter and hot Wuyi Oolong tea.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Tien Yi in the Peak Tower in Hong Kong, Restaurant Vermeer in Amsterdam, Heathman Restaurant in Portland Oregon, and Lespinasse and Union Pacific, both of which are in New York; unfortunately, I heard both Lespinasse and Union Pacific have since closed.

My most tattered cookbooks:

Larousse Gastronomique, Julia Child's "The French Chef Cookbook", Heberle's "German Cooking", Bracken's "I Hate To Cook Book"