liveforfood

Real Name:

Jeanette

Location:

Portland, ME

Best meal I ever ate:

Paul Prudhomme's Barbeque Shrimp N'Awlins Style

My current drink of choice:

My husband's fantasticly perfect Mineola Bronx Cocktail in an icy martini glass

I really wish I could:

Quit my job and devote my life to preparing, serving, and eating fantastic food with good friends and family

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Grilled polenta with balsamic reduction sauce

My favorite comfort food:

Armenian Kufte in hot broth

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Brigtsen's and Bayona in NOLA, Travigne in Napa, Lydia Shir'e's Locke-Ober in Boston, & Fore Street in Portland, ME

My most tattered cookbooks:

New Basics (Rosso & Lukins), Joy of Cooking, Greens Cookbook(Madison) Louisiana Kitchen (Prudhomme), Paree Josh Armenian Cookbook