JRinDC

Location:

Arlington, VA

Best meal I ever ate:

Tie -- French Laundry 2004; Per Se 2005

My current drink of choice:

Side Car

I really wish I could:

Eat at Masa, just once.

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Dijon crusted rack of lamb, potato-fennel gratin, roasted asparagus, served with an Oregon Pinot Noir (Lemelson or Archery Summit) or a Bodegas J.C. Conde 2004 Neo Ribera del Duero

My favorite comfort food:

Chicken piccata, broccoli-cheddar soup,

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

My top 5 anywhere: French Laundry (Yountville, CA), Per Se (NYC), Blue Hill (NYC), Christina's (Orcas Island, WA), Hugo's (Sydney, Aus. now closed). But I feel like I should also mention my 5 best in DC, where I live -- Obelisk, CityZen, Tabard Inn, Palena, Zaytinya

My most tattered cookbooks:

Charlie Trotter Cooks at Home; The Barefoot Contessa; Joy of Cooking; Marcela Hazan Essentials of Italian Cooking