Elyssa

Real Name:

Elyssa

Location:

Washington, DC

Blog:

http://statedinner.wordpress.com/

Best meal I ever ate:

All the meals I had while traveling by myself in Paris and the best gnocchi with pesto ever at some tiny restaurant in Florence.

My current drink of choice:

Bellinis...or really anything involving champagne.

I really wish I could:

Travel around the world with my boyfriend taking cooking lessons and eating in locals homes. Or cook a meal with my Grandma Judy.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Smashed potatoes and dijon breaded chicken

My favorite comfort food:

Mashed Potatoes, Mac and Cheese, Gnocchi with Pesto

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Really impossible to decide that...it changes all the time and from city to city

My most tattered cookbooks:

The one I made myself out of ripped out recipes from various food magazines.