Mothership

Location:

Fort Myers, Florida

Best meal I ever ate:

Veggies grilled on a hibachi in front of me by a Japanese chef - basted with an unknown ingredient at Chinzanso Gardens in Tokyo - about 30 years ago.

My current drink of choice:

Sweet Tea (House wine of the South) - or Crown Royal and 7-Up

I really wish I could:

Eat whatever I wanted without worrying about weight / health issues. Oh - and world peace...

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Whole beef tenderloin - on the grill if possible. Simple.

My favorite comfort food:

Duh - fried chicken - I'm southern.

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Cru - Fort Myers, Florida - Now that Harold is there; Martins - Viana do Castelo Portugal; Bacchus - Fort Myers, Florida;

My most tattered cookbooks:

The Foods of Portugal - Jean Anderson; All of my Southern Living CBs. But my other 1,000+ cookbooks get some pretty good use too.