jbontario

Location:

Chicago

Best meal I ever ate:

This is too hard a question, there are many parts of meals, that combined, would be the best

My current drink of choice:

I pick two: a well-made Manhattan and then a glass of my own winery's Napa Cabernet -- Try Wolf Point Three Tavern Red, it's great!

I really wish I could:

Circumnavigate the globe while eating great food

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

A great bottle of wine--much more reliable than my . . . anything.

My favorite comfort food:

Well-done coney fries at Leo's in Detroit.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

This has so many qualifiers, but here's a shot-- Joe's Stone Crab, Steak . . .(Chi), Flo(Chi), Babbo (NYC), House of Nan King (SF), Highlands Bar & Grill (Birmingham, AL)

My most tattered cookbooks:

Living in NYC and Chicago for the last 10 years, I say: Cook,what's that?