Jason Dumo

Location:

Chicago

Best meal I ever ate:

Charlie Trotter's ca. 1999

My current drink of choice:

Water

I really wish I could:

Improve my knife skills

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Couscous

My favorite comfort food:

1.)Pizza, 2.)French Fries and Mayonnaise, 3.)Whoopie Pies, 4.)Cheeseburgers, 5.)Chocolate Chip Cookie no nuts and Coca-Cola, sidewalk cafe service when in Europe

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

1.)Charlie Beinlich's - Northbrook, IL 2.)the burger joint - NYC, 3.)Athenian Room - Chicago, 3.)Walker Bros. Pancake House - Highland Park, IL, 4.)Art of Pizza - Chicago, 5.)Bacchanalia - Atlanta & The Harraseeket Lobster Co. - Freeport, ME

My most tattered cookbooks:

The Barefoot Contessa and the Tactful Gourmet