eightlegeddj

Real Name:

Eight Legged DJ

Location:

Raleigh/Durham, NC

Best meal I ever ate:

Manresa Restaurant's vegetarian tasting menu. It was perfect in every way.

My current drink of choice:

Chocolate stouts and aged rums

I really wish I could:

Stop time? Make a decent sponge cake? Speak Japanese? I'm not sure how to answer this.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

I really don't cook so much anymore.

My favorite comfort food:

My Grami's stuffed peppers, tempura udon, and a big greasy cheeseburger. Not all together, of course.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Lavanda in Palo Alto, CA-I had a wonderful birthday dinner this year. Lilly's Pizza in Raleigh-it doesn't get any better than the Buddah. Cascal in Mountain View, CA-open all day, lovely patio, and the gazspachos rock. Manresa Restaurant in Los Gatos, CA. Zely+Ritz in Raleigh.

My most tattered cookbooks:

Something Moosewood and "A Kitchen Companion" by Polly Clingerman-more a kitchen guide per se than a cookbook, but it has awesome basic recipes too. Out of print, but well worth any price you might pay.