patrickevanshylton

Best meal I ever ate:

my first "foodie" meal happened at a Chinese restaurant in Washington D.C. while visiting my aunt when I was 7 years old. I can still remember the sweet and sour shrimp - it was so different than the Southern regional cuisine I ate at home

My current drink of choice:

Virginia wine - current - I am loving some Viognier lately

I really wish I could:

teach the world to sing, in perfect harmony

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Chesapeake Bay free-form crab cakes - sans filler, light on seasoning (my own blend) and heavy on crab

My favorite comfort food:

any classic Southern dish (I was raised in Atlanta by my grandmother) - current - I have a huge jones right now for fried chicken

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Any restaurant that has good food prepared honestly with fair prices and offers a comfortable atmosphere with great service - is that really too much to ask?

My most tattered cookbooks:

blatant plug - my latest cookbook - "Popcorn" from Sasquatch Books publishing