Sal Vanilla

Real Name:

What? You no believe my name is Sal Vanilla?

Location:

standing slack jawed in front of my fridge

Best meal I ever ate:

Freshly shot hog snapper sashimi and then grilled simply with roasted veggies. All while roughing it on a boat in the Bahamas

My current drink of choice:

Right now? My own hot buttered rum. Other than that. Water. My tap water is AWESOME and frigid!

I really wish I could:

Have a liposuction machine installed in my house, fly, make sno cones from the front drive's snow without getting strange looks from the neighbors

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

I am fickle. But I usually gravitate towards a salad and a one pot main dish. I am on a cassoulette kick lately. But do beans really make sense at a dinner party? You decide.

My favorite comfort food:

Stuff my mom made us as children. Mashed taters 'n' gravy, gooey mac 'n' cheese. Basically, anything with a 'n' in the name.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Pok Pok (PDX) (it is a sickness), Etete (DC), Cafe Marquesa (KW, FL), Clio (Boston), Doe's Eat Place, (Mighty Mississip)

My most tattered cookbooks:

Big yellow Best of Gourmet (scary dirty), Baking with Julia (terrible binding!) and Home Baking (Alford and Duguid) - for the liberated baker in you!