LeahinBologna

Location:

Bologna, Italy

Best meal I ever ate:

Up in the Dolomiti mountains, Canederli Soup and a Fresh Porcini Mushroom frittata after a long day of hiking

My current drink of choice:

Traminer Wine from Alto Adige, Italy

I really wish I could:

Bake

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Brie en croute...here in Italy it is exotic! I buy the "pasta sfoglia" dough pre-made and fill it with IKEA preserves. Gooseberry is great.

My favorite comfort food:

Matzo ball/Kreplach soup

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Trattoria Leoni Rotiglio e Gabriella, Riola di Vergato, Italy (the most decadent fresh made pasta you'll ever eat), Le Cambodge, Paris Origins 99%, Barcelona Any Mexican place in San Francisco

My most tattered cookbooks:

The Repubblica newspaper released the Encyclopedia of Italian cooking series...the Pasta and Vegetable Volumes have been really useful