msmarabini

Location:

Valencia, Spain

Best meal I ever ate:

At Ca' San Marco in Val Brembano, outside of Bergamo:casoncelli pasta, polenta taragna with local cheeses & mushrooms and a hearty venison stew. Italian mountain food!

My current drink of choice:

spritz with campari - skip the soda, add more prosecco!

I really wish I could:

sing

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Lately anything from Bayless's cookbook, since good Mex is hard to find in Valencia, Spain

My favorite comfort food:

pimiento cheese sandwiches

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Ca' San Marco, Val Brembano, Italy; Il Bivio, Livigno, Italy; La Superica, Santa Barbara,CA; BurgerFuel Auckland,NZ;Casa Vela, Valencia, Spain

My most tattered cookbooks:

Rick Bayless's Mexican Kitchen, Nigel Slater's Appetite, Ada Boni's Il Talismano della Felicita