ABOUT THIS COOK:

A freelance writer who writes mostly about food, weddings, etiquette and entertaining for numerous publications. Cooking and blogging to carry on the family's long tradition of good food, "comfort food with flair."

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  If I've eaten it, I don't consider it strange!

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Things my husband refuses to eat, like hummus and baba ghanoush.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My mother's heavy-duty stainless cookware from before my time.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  Six to ten.