Chalie Can Cook

Real Name:

Charles Bechtel

Location:

South Jersey

Best meal I ever ate:

Paello and roasted sardines on the Mediterranean beach beside Ajo's, in Nerja, Spain. After a conversation with Ajo, he came over with a bottle of red, shich we split. Cool.

My current drink of choice:

Glen Dronach in a clean glass

I really wish I could:

Eat a Mario Batalli's house, just once.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Cheese

My favorite comfort food:

Reachable

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

1) Coinjock Marina, NC; 2) Ajo's (above); 3) Cap'n Cats in Franklinville, NJ; 4) Kelly's Steak House on Hotel Circle in San Diego; 5) any crab hut in Maryland

My most tattered cookbooks:

James Beard's New York Times Cookbook