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Real Name:

Meghan

Location:

New Orleans

Best meal I ever ate:

The first time I ever ate Indian food: naan, samosas and this incredibly delicious chili-curry shrimp stew with coconut milk at Mela in Asheville, N.C. I still dream about it.

My current drink of choice:

gin & tonics with lots of lime

I really wish I could:

be a pastry chef! (maybe one day?)

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

I bake: Mark Bittman's blondie recipe with coconut and dark chocolate chips

My favorite comfort food:

My grams' chicken cacciatore or mashed potatoes

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Dante's Kitchen, Herbsaint, Boucherie, Patois, Green Goddess

My most tattered cookbooks:

Better Homes & Gardens Cookbook, Ellie Krieger's "The Food You Crave", Joy of Cooking, Cooking Light magazines