Caralien

Real Name:

Step-mom of Zoe, a true Lab-ChowChowhound

Best meal I ever ate:

indeterminate

My current drink of choice:

Ruinart Brut Rose, Pineau d'Aunis

I really wish I could:

be in Rome or Spain to eat.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

the only dish I've made more than once for a crowd is turkey during the holidays; everything else varies depending on the season, crowd, and my mood

My favorite comfort food:

Ice Cream

My most tattered cookbooks:

Fannie Farmer, Jacques and Julia, The Decadent Cookbook, Gastronaut, The French Chef, Microwave Diet Cookery, Encyclopedia of Cooking, Le Guide Culinaire, Cuisine Minceur, Julia's Kitchen Wisdom...a few dozen more