Epicurious Esquire

Real Name:

Archie Leach

Location:

In a gutter somewhere, staring at the twinkling stars.

Best meal I ever ate:

I enjoy the "competition for best meal of my life" so much that I have yet to declare a winner!

My current drink of choice:

Pure ethanol

I really wish I could:

Travel back in time

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Uh, me?

My favorite comfort food:

Pho

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Trois Gros (Roanne, France); Raoul's (NYC); Tei-Tei (My hood!); Perlita's (Old-Town Cozumel. By Old Town Cozumel I intend to convey an image of pot-bellied, poverty-stricken children, mangy-ass dogs, a restaurant with no windows and no front door. I simply asked my Taxi Driver to take me to where he took his wife for seaood. It was maybe the "poorest" restaurant I've ever been to, but I've never been more satisfied doing anything in my life. The owner was the fisherman, his wife the cook, etc. My buddies and I ordered everything and forced out Taxi Driver to eat with us. That, ladies and gentlemen, was a fabulous meal. Check it out the next time you're in Old Cozumel.); La Mere Germain (Villefranche Sur Mer, France)

My most tattered cookbooks:

My grandmother's brain