ABOUT THIS COOK:

We are a couple bringing the fun back to food and trying to answer those Kitchen Conundrums. It doesn't have to be a mystery! Cooking and baking, wine and cocktails (did we mention chocolate and all things sweet too?) some techniques and reviews included.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Wax beans on a pizza at a restaurant at the South St. Seaport. Guess they thought we were tourists.

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Everything! When the littlest person is home from preschool, he insists on helping. It's just easier to cook when he's otherwise occupied. In a few years, I hope he'll be right there with us.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My most treasured would be our Kitchen Aid Mixer, Ari's would be his Grand Prix Chef knife.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  10-12