latte4me

Location:

St Paul - the cooler Twin City

Best meal I ever ate:

I think great meals are as much about the experience - place, people, etc. I can be equally happy at Joel Robuchon or my local pizza joint, with no offense intended to Mssr. Robuchon, of course.

My current drink of choice:

Continuing a 25-year relationship with Diet Coke. In the alcohol category, a good Pinot.

I really wish I could:

Eat whatever I want with no ramifications.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Homemade olive tapenade.

My favorite comfort food:

Teriyaki from a Pacific NW-style establishment

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Meritage, Obento-ya, Mesa Pizza, i Nonni

My most tattered cookbooks:

Nick Stellino's Mediterranean Flavors; my file of printed recipes from papers, friends, and the Web. I have too many baking and chocolate cookbooks to show any one preference.