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