Seafood eggplant pirogue at Buzzard Billy's Cajun restaurant in Lincoln, NE
My current drink of choice:
Lindeman's Kriek bier (Belgian Lambic)
I really wish I could:
Live off of a diet of Hagen Daas and Doritos and not gain weight.
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Penne alla Vodka
My favorite comfort food:
cheese covered in cheese
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
The Bohemian Beer Garden in Astoria Queens, NY; Zum Schneider in Manhattan, NY; Dervish (turkish) in Manhattan, NYC; The Excellent Dumpling House (Chinatown) Manhattan, NYC; and DeLeon's Mexican in Lincoln, NE
My most tattered cookbooks:
The splendid table by Lynne Rosetto Kasper;The Essential Mediterranean Cookbook by Whitecap publishers; The Sultan's Kitchen by Ozcan Ozan; The pie and pastry bible by Rose Levy Beranbaum; and the Silver Palate Cookbook by Rosso and Lukins