ABOUT THIS COOK:

I'm a reader, eater, culinary thrill-seeker, and food nerd.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Lamb face from a street vendor in Marrakech

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Weird things that nobody else understands, like whole heads of cabbage and stuff roasted with unseemly amounts of cumin. Or, if I'm feeling normal, eggs.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My Mac Santoku

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