Best meal I ever ate:
double cheeseburger at Hodad's in Ocean Beach, CA before heading over to the Sunset Cliffs for a memorable sunset
My current drink of choice:
Otter Creek Stovepipe Porter, Samuel Smith Oatmeal Stout, or anything with scotch in it
I really wish I could:
have a second home near Pepe's in New Haven or Pipes Cafe in Cardiff, CA
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Homemade NY-Style Pizza
My favorite comfort food:
potato pancakes, Diamond Dairy, Manhattan; shaved steak burrito, Bahia Don Bravo, La Jolla, CA; pepperoni pizza, Santarpio's, East Boston; Cubano, Chez Henri, Cambridge; cheeseburger, Hodad's, Ocean Beach, CA; corned beef, Zabar's, Manhattan
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
BOSTON AND NEW ENGLAND: Estoril, Fall River; Foxfire, Stowe, VT; Jasmine Bistro, Brighton; Frank Pepe's, New Haven, CT; Santarpio's, East Boston. OUTSIDE OF THE AREA: Auberge La Goeliche, Ste-Petronille, Quebec; Focacceria, Greenwich Village, NY; Hodad's, Ocean Beach, CA; Lafayette Room (Hay-Adams), Washington, DC; Pipes Cafe, Cardiff, CA
My most tattered cookbooks:
BBQ USA (Steven Raichlen); Brooklyn Cookbook (Lyn Stallworth); Feasting on Asphalt (Alton Brown)
