daveena

Real Name:

email: q u i n c e p a s t e at yahoo.com

Location:

Oakland, CA

Best meal I ever ate:

Alinea, in 2005. It changed me from a rustic regional Italian fetishist to someone who actively seeks out new and interesting techniques, ingredients, and flavor combinations when I go out to eat. (Still love me some rustic, regional Italian, though)

My current drink of choice:

gin cocktails with citrus and/or herbs

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Some form of braised pork shoulder. Hong shao, 10 hour roasted porchetta style, whatever.

My favorite comfort food:

spaghetti with garlic, a fried egg, and parmesan

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Commis (Oakland), Momofuku Ssam Bar (NYC), Plum (Oakland), Atelier Crenn (SF), Camino (Oakland)

My most tattered cookbooks:

Betty Crocker. Rosie's All-Butter Fresh Cream Sugar-Packed No-Holds Barred Baking Book. Huang Su-Huei's"Chinese Cuisine". Faith Willinger's "Red, White, and Greens". Ruth Van Warebeek "Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook". Julia Child "The Way to Cook".