bickyc

Real Name:

Bicky Corman

Location:

Washington, DC

Blog:

http://i don't think i have one?

Best meal I ever ate:

this is tough, but: a lobster in a butter ginger sauce at L'Espinasse, formerly in the Hotel Essex in NY; a white fish in a brown butter sauce with a horseradish crust at Aquavit in NY

My current drink of choice:

dirty ketel 1 martini with lots of olives; bubbly water

I really wish I could:

have eaten at the French Laundry in its hay day

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

fennel in a basil oil

My favorite comfort food:

chili; country ham; biscuits

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

La Lunchonette, NY; Chez Paul, Paris; Ben's Chili Bowl, Washington, DC; Lalibela, Washington, DC; Lunch, East Hampton, NY

My most tattered cookbooks:

I barely cook at all; when I do, I make my "go-to" dinner party dish from a Florence Fabricant cookbook whose name escapes me; otherwise, recipes I see in the NYT, Gourmet or Epicurious