ABOUT THIS COOK:

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Sea Cucumber - thank heavens I saw it AFTER I ate it.

• What do you cook when home alone?
  comfort food -- I love having breakfast for dinner.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My favorites were given to me by two much loved men in my life -- the first, a morter & pestle that was originally my dad's. The other, a battered old Mezzaluna, was given to me by my friend Jim Hamilton who taught me to cook.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  6-8