Fresh bread, prosciutto, a ripe peach and a cold bottle of sparkling water, on a hot day in Italy.
My current drink of choice:
ginger ale
I really wish I could:
remember what was in that chutney
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
feta or chevre with honey and black pepper
My favorite comfort food:
Hebrew National hotdogs on grilled, buttered buns, with a little sauerkraut or relish and cold tomato juice. Chicken pot pie. Pho.
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
Meritage, Saffron, Tanpopo, Heartland, Obento Ya
My most tattered cookbooks:
Marcella Hazen (it's in chunks). A two-volume, all-purpose set from the 40s that I found at a garage sale. Madhur Jaffrey's Indian Cooking. Green on Greens.