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Real Name:

Deanna Salgado

Location:

Vancouver, BC

Best meal I ever ate:

Too many to choose!! Stand outs are: tasting menu at l’Atelier de Jean-Luc Rabanel in Arles, Trattoria Mario in Florence and seafood pasta in Vernazza

My current drink of choice:

Depends on my mood, but usually a good full-bodied red from Australia

I really wish I could:

Be a (paid) travelling food critic!

My favorite comfort food:

Spaghetti and meatballs, a bowl of pho, or a home cooked Filipino dish like sinigang or nilaga

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Vancouver: La Quercia, Vij's, La Regalade, La Buca and Toshi's. While travelling: Trattoria Mario

My most tattered cookbooks:

Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Italian Cooking and my mom's copy of The Good Housekeeping Illustrated Cookbook (1980 edition)