Monica

Location:

NJ, NY

Best meal I ever ate:

Grilled fish and prawn in Bali, cod fish in Nice, France. Kobe beef in Kyoto, Japan, Blood sausage, live octopus and sea urchin in Busan, Korea, free breakfast at a hotel in Vienna,Austria

My current drink of choice:

Kwak- Belgian beer. I think every supermarket should carry this.

I really wish I could:

have a big kitchen with a huge island

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Tagine and baked ziti. Both are easy to make and everyone loves them.

My favorite comfort food:

Korean fried chicken, sweet potato fries, good french fries with Japanese mayo, fried calamari, good baguette and butter

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Restaurants with good bread baskets.

My most tattered cookbooks:

Epicurious.com