Rhizome Rizzo

Real Name:

Chester N.T. Fevel

Location:

Bloomington, IL

Best meal I ever ate:

An incalculably spicy aloo matar at Puran. (Maybe not the best meal I ever ate, but it stands out in my memory as exceptional.)

My current drink of choice:

Whisky sour

I really wish I could:

dice more expertly.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Poly-bean Soup, or Autumn Curry

My favorite comfort food:

Rice and beans

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Puran India (Bloomington, IL), Tacos el Norte (Highwood, IL), The Coffeehouse (Normal, IL), Gulliver's (Chicago, IL), Tony's Subs (Deerfield, IL) Star of Siam (Chicago, IL) (I know that's six.)

My most tattered cookbooks:

50 Great Curries of India by Camellia Panjabi