Queen Bruin

Real Name:

Beth

Location:

Lancaster, CA

Best meal I ever ate:

Pollo pibil at an unnamed hut of a place in Coba, Mexico.

My current drink of choice:

Martini. Not dry, I actually like vermouth in mine :P

I really wish I could:

Make a decent demi-glace

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

God's Own Pasta Salad, Good Beer, Buffalo Wings

My favorite comfort food:

Chicken fried steak, pintos and corn bread.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Sammy's, Al Dente, Uozumi, La Chene, El Parian

My most tattered cookbooks:

Ada Boni's "Italian Regional Cooking", "Joy of Cooking" 1972 ed., "I'm Just Here For the Food" by Alton Brown, Betty Crocker 1950s edition, and my secret notebook with family recipes and my own scribblings.