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Real Name:

Ellen Jane

Location:

Prunedale CA

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Best meal I ever ate:

Homegrown snails drowned in lemon-garlic butter with my Russian grandfather's cronies when I was 6 years old.

My current drink of choice:

Jumping Cow Ale from Trader Joe's

I really wish I could:

eat my way around the streets of Manhatten again

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

either Emily's Apple Crisp or Ellen's Pucker Lemon Pie

My favorite comfort food:

garlic popcorn with cayenne and melted cheddar cheese

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Shawn's on Main, Morro Bay CA, Sam Wo, S.F. CA; Gutierrez, Salinas CA; The Fishwife, Pacific Grove CA; La Tapatia, Prunedale CA

My most tattered cookbooks:

Elizabeth David's Mediterranean Cooking; Just Like Grandma Used to Make by Lois Wyse; The Farm Journal cookie and pie books; my own "Ellen's Good Eats" recipes from my long ago cooking classes

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