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Best meal I ever ate:
A perfect tomato, just picked, eaten in the field, and still warm from the sun. It doesn't get any better than that!
My current drink of choice:
Lager, red wine
I really wish I could:
Cook a perfect Chicken Madras.
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
Pizza
My favorite comfort food:
Boiled eggs
My most tattered cookbooks:
Bread Baker's Apprentice, Hamelman's Bread, American Pie
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