I am a full time teacher, part time PhD student and halfway through the Food and Media certificate at George Brown College. I love to eat, cook, take pictures and write. I am on a mission in 2010 to crack the code for perfect macarons, learn how to bake bread that isn't rock hard, make my own pasta and master gnocchi.

1. What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?

   Crickets in Laos!

2. What do you cook when home alone?

   I usually take a break and eat cereal but if I cook, it's something simple like ratatouille.

3. Your most treasured kitchen possession:

   My cornflower blue Kitchen Aid!

4. The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:

   8