Sra. Swanky

Real Name:

Señor Swanky's Misses

Location:

NY - Tristate area

Best meal I ever ate:

A classic club sandwich the morning after my wedding! (It was probably the company that made it so delicious!)

My current drink of choice:

an ice-cold Arnold Palmer - old habits die hard!

I really wish I could:

have all my college buddies that moved across the country come over for dinner! (And stay awhile!)

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

A few Swanky go-to's: Sausage & peppers, bowties with cheese pesto, chicken francese over angel hair, pineapple upside-down cake, tres leches cake, Coca-Cola cake, lemon bars and my giant Oreo cookie cake! (Italian + dessert = yum!!)

My favorite comfort food:

chicken soup with a dollop of pesto!

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Lefteris Gyro, Rocky's Deli, Sabatino's- Hawthorne, D Thai Kitchen - Thornwood, Carlo's- Yonkers, Patricia's -Bronx, Little Kabab Station - Mt Kisco, Sokolowski's University Inn - Cleveland, OH and White Castle!

My most tattered cookbooks:

Giada's Family Dinners, Rachael Ray's Cooking 'Round the Clock, The Silver Palate, 3 Guys From Miami Cook Cuban, Patsy's, Cold Spring Community Cookbook, Home Cookin' With Dave's Mom, Better Homes & Gardens, Fanny Farmer, and my worn-out box o' recipes from fam & friends!