RikiTikii

Real Name:

Riki

Location:

East Texas

Blog:

http://WHY I COOK. When I go to a restaurant and they ask me, "Diet or regular?", my response is always, "Does this body look like it puts anything diet in it to you?" I tell everyone I used to be young and thin and beautiful . . . now I'm just old and fat and

Best meal I ever ate:

Potato and cauliflower East Indian style

My current drink of choice:

mango lassi

I really wish I could:

Win the lottery!!

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Roasted butternut squash with bacon and curry

My favorite comfort food:

Mac n Cheese w/cheddar

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Tamarind Seed, Texas Roadhouse, Macaroni Grill, Shogun, and Tacos Jalisco

My most tattered cookbooks:

Better Homes and Gardens, all my Saveur magazines