Cafe Mich

Real Name:

Michele

Location:

Oakland

Best meal I ever ate:

The best dessert was a crisp meringue served over panna cotta, with stewed figs and a port reduction. Yum! The restaurant, Elan Vital in San Franciso, hasn't been there for years, but I'll never forget the dessert.

My current drink of choice:

Negroni, traditionally prepared, nothing creative

I really wish I could:

Move out of the ghetto

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Anything with a crust

My favorite comfort food:

Pasta

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Martini House, Bouchon, Cesar (Berkeley location), Wood Tavern, Sammy's New Cowboy Bistro (Talent, OR)

My most tattered cookbooks:

A pink binder with chicken scratched recipes, The Cake Bible, Laurel's Kitchen Bread Book