Melinhead

Best meal I ever ate:

A basque restaurant in Paris - I have no idea what it was named.

My current drink of choice:

Scotch on the rocks, microbrews.

I really wish I could:

Bake a perfect baguette

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

My husband's handmade pasta and my arsenal of sauces

My favorite comfort food:

A baguette and a nice soft cheese with a bottle of wine

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

I can't afford the really excellent ones, and it makes me sad to say that in KC there aren't any that I love madly. Extra Virgin is nice, Blanc, Barley's is a good standby.

My most tattered cookbooks:

The Martha Stewart Cookbook (for baking), The Bread Baker's Apprentice, Sauces (Petersen), The New Professional Chef, anything Rick Bayless