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Best meal I ever ate:
Anything in Italy
My current drink of choice:
Barolo (I wish)
I really wish I could:
get to New York more often
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
risotto a la whatever's in the fridge
My favorite comfort food:
pesto, mapo tofu
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Xi'an Famous Foods, Go!Go! Curry!, Masseria, Payard (RIP), Nha Trang on Baxter St.
My most tattered cookbooks:
The Gourmet Cookbook, Marcella Cucina, Payard, Bittman, Fuchsia Dunlop
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