AlliRoll

Real Name:

Allison

Location:

Richmond, VA

Best meal I ever ate:

Can't pick just one - recently Sel Gris in PDX. The best cocktails I've ever had were in the Violet Hour in Chicago and at Clyde Common in PDX.

My current drink of choice:

champagne, hoegaarden, guiness draft

I really wish I could:

have a bigger kitchen

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

saffron risotto a la The New Best Recipe

My favorite comfort food:

cheese and crackers; pork barbeque

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Zeus Gallery, Millie's, Cafe Rustica, 8 1/2 for the pizza, Comfort, Acacia Mid-town - so glad you are back!

My most tattered cookbooks:

I love anything by Mark Bittman and Cook's Illustrated; Ina Garten's and Tyler Florence's are great books, too. I also love Fresh and Fast by Marie Simmons