EclecticEater

Location:

Orange County, California

Best meal I ever ate:

in Paris, venison with a wonderful reduction; and many at Chez Panisse; recently some perfectly prepared roast duck at Restaurace Stoleti in Prague

My current drink of choice:

good Laphroig scotch and good tequila with tonic

I really wish I could:

Eat at Chez Panisse as a neighborhood restaurant and go to Boulettes Larder in the Ferry Building whenever I cared to

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

My wife's stir fried string beans with garlic, fresh ginger and almonds

My favorite comfort food:

Dim sum or canned tomato soup (when sick) or wor won ton

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Chez Panisse; Union Square Cafe; Marras Pizza

My most tattered cookbooks:

Marcellas; Cusine Minceur; Bittman; The Cookstrip Cookbook by Len Deighton