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Location:

Los Angeles (Fairfax Dist.)

Best meal I ever ate:

In the hills outside of Pisa, about 20 years ago, I had, for the first time, fresh truffles shaved onto a simple pasta - my life has never been the same.

My current drink of choice:

I love a sparkling pinot noir rose in the summertime

I really wish I could:

regain the dinner parties of old.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Pancetta-draped, herb-crusted, roast pork loin; Salad of peaches, fresh black mission figs, marcona almonds, h'wood farmers market feta and arugula;

My favorite comfort food:

animal's kim chi pork belly and blair's truffled mac'n cheese

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

ANIMAL; pizzeria mozza; blair's; delfina; momofuku

My most tattered cookbooks:

Ooh, this old rice cookbook for sure then I'm all over the place - too many to count, or tatter