richardiculous

Real Name:

rich

Location:

New York

Best meal I ever ate:

"Colors, Textures, and Savours" menu at Guy Savoy, Paris

My current drink of choice:

Goose Island 2009 Bourbon County Stout

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Chicken Afritada

My favorite comfort food:

Mom's pork neckbone stew over hot white rice. Mom's mung bean stew and fried chicken.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Alinea (Chicago), Guy Savoy (Paris), Eleven Madison Park (NYC), Ame (San Francisco), Babbo (NYC). Others: No. 9 Park (Boston), Little Pepper (Flushing), Au Cinquieme Peche (Montreal), Veritas (NYC, Scott Bryan era), Pierre Gagnaire (Paris)

My most tattered cookbooks:

The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking - Marcella Hazan; On Food and Cooking - Harold McGee (not a "cookbook" per se, but an invaluable resource)