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Real Name:

Adam Newton

Location:

Victoria, BC, Canada

Best meal I ever ate:

Kettle Valley Winemaker's Dinner at the Rosemeade (Victoria, BC)

My current drink of choice:

Red Wine (especially malbecs from Argentina and North American "Meritage' blends)

I really wish I could:

Eat at Thomas Keller's two restaurants, French Laundry and Per Se

My "Go-to" dinner party dish:

Prime Rib oven-roasted in cast-iron, crusted in Indian spices

My favorite comfort food:

Portabello Mushroom Risotto

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

1) Rosemeade (Victoria) 2) Zambri (Victoria, BC) 3) Brasserie L'Ecole (Victoria, BC) 4) Ferris' Oyster Bar (Victoria, BC) 5) Delfina's (San Francisco, CA)

My most tattered cookbooks:

Marcella Hazan--"Essentials of Italian Cooking"; Wanda Beaver--"Wanda's Pie-in-the-Sky Cookbook"