popvulture

Location:

Austin

Best meal I ever ate:

Impossible to say, but most recently foie gras biscuits and gravy at Animal in LA.

My current drink of choice:

Verdejo

I really wish I could:

Learn how to make charcuterie.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

"Pork grilling strips" from HEB (odd loin scraps that you should definitely buy) grilled w/ancho, guajillo, chile piquin, cumin and lime juice/EVOO rub.

My favorite comfort food:

Japanese beef curry.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Can't say definitively, but a quick guess: Uchi - Austin, Gramercy Tavern - NY, Walker's Drive in - Jackson, MS, Philippe's - LA, Animal - LA.

My most tattered cookbooks:

The Joy of Cooking, The Bread Bible