Dios Baco oloroso seco; Casal dos Jordoes 10 year tawny port
I really wish I could:
own pied-a-terres in Paris, Madrid, Istanbul and Shanghai and shuttle back and forth to eat!
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Alton Brown's eggless chocolate mousse, with a few personal twists
My favorite comfort food:
xiao long bao (XLB or soup dumplings)
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
La Finca de Susana (Madrid); Oviedo (Buenos Aires); Çiya Sofrasi (Istanbul); Panificio (Boston); and a peking ravioli joint in Xi'an
My most tattered cookbooks:
The Best Recipe (Cooks Illustrated); Land of Plenty (Fuchsia Dunlop); The Foods and Wines of Spain (Penelope Casas); Julia's Kitchen Wisdom (Julia Child)