bakinggirl

Real Name:

Melissa

Location:

Eastern CT

Best meal I ever ate:

My 30th birthday at Convivio in NYC. We had dinner AFTER a show, so it was late. We ended up the last couple in the place. Excellent service, great food...it was terribly romantic!

My current drink of choice:

Homemade beer - currently my husband's wicked hefeweizen.

I really wish I could:

Become independently wealthy so my husband and I could build our "compound" and start farming. Seriously, I want a cow! And chickens! And pigs!

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Brasato al Barolo, or something that always ends up being terribly time-consuming. Sigh.

My favorite comfort food:

Chocolate Chip Cookies, or potato chips with french onion dip.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Au Pied de Cochon (MTL), 85 Main (CT), Perilla (NYC, only been once but the meal was great), Peking Tokyo (CT), NY Pizza Co (CT).

My most tattered cookbooks:

The "yellow" cookbook (Pillsbury, from before I was born); King Arthur Flour 200th Anniversary; Cooks Illustrated Best Recipe, Julia et Jacques Cooking at Home