ABOUT THIS COOK:

Daily cook.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Still-moving octopus tentacles

• What do you cook when home alone?
  lamb chops and spinach, broccoli with sesame, garlicky brussels sprouts

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  12" aluminum skillet, where it all happens.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  6