Best meal I ever ate:
was in Italy
My current drink of choice:
Negroni or just Campari and Orange Juice as an apertivo and Albana di Romagna Passito after dinner
I really wish I could:
Go on an archeological dig to an Etruscan site
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
A stuffed pasta dish with a classic Bolognese Ragu or a deconstructed Caprese Salad
My favorite comfort food:
Milanese Risotto,Ribollita or Baccala Vincentina with polenta
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Amici Miei in Citta' di Castello in Umbria, La Romantica in Ferrara in Emilia Romagna, Obika Mozzarella Bar in Milano, Gamba's in Northwest Indiana, Riccardo's in Chicago
My most tattered cookbooks:
The Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Marcella Hazan, the recipes from my Italian family, anything by Batali
