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Best meal I ever ate:

The first time I ever ate soft shell crab, on my 13th birthday at Cafe Des Artistes.

My current drink of choice:

Armangac

I really wish I could:

Go to Italy this summer.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Roast chicken with root vegetables.

My favorite comfort food:

Baan-Thai Eggplant (from the neighborhood Thai place).

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Boulevard - San Francisco, Osteria - San Francisco, Ton Kiang - San Francisco, Higgins - Portland, Cafe Des Artistes - New York

My most tattered cookbooks:

Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook, Chez Panisse Vegetables, Silver Palate Cookbooks, My grandmother's 1930's Joy of Cooking