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Best meal I ever ate:

2 day mole Poblano, sopa de arroz and consomme served at a wedding in a tiny village in Mexico. Everything was sublime and presented beautifully and had been cooked with the hand of God.

My current drink of choice:

Perfect Manhattan

I really wish I could:

have the patience to make incredible bread

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Moroccan lamb tagine, dry rub chipotle ribs

My favorite comfort food:

Enchiladas de mole

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Sushi Nishi-ya in Burbank/Glendale, Table 8 on Melrose, La Cabanita, Guelaguetza, Pastis

My most tattered cookbooks:

Joy of Cooking (1974 ed), Paul Prudhomme's Louisiana Kitchen, James Beard's American Cookery, Classic Indian Cooking by Julie Sahni, Chez Panisse Desserts, Rick Bayless' Mexican Kitchen