Mel loves food

Real Name:

Melissa

Location:

Brooklyn

Best meal I ever ate:

Carne Asada tacos at Tacos Matamoros (incredible verde sauce)

My current drink of choice:

Boulevard Wheat with a squeeze of lemon...if only I could find it east of St. Louis

I really wish I could:

afford cooking classes

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Roasted curried cauliflower

My favorite comfort food:

Pad See Eiu

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Grand Szechuan (East Village), Main Squeeze (Columbia, MO), Wantana Siam (Park Slope), Tacos Maramoros (Sunset Park), Stand (Village)

My most tattered cookbooks:

How to Cook Anything by Mark Bittman