testkitchenette
Long Island, NY
personal chef/healthy eating counselor/writer
I am an avid natural foods cook who has been cooking since I could step on a stool and help my mom stir. I create recipes all the time spanning from vegan baked goods to re-creating my grandmother's beef brisket. I am a part time vegan and all the time delicious food consumer and creator.
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What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
Almost everything that I ate at a traditional Chinese wedding (some delish others I guess I would've had to grown up eating them).
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What do you cook when home alone?
Everything!
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Your most treasured kitchen possession:
My Kitchen-Aid
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Your ideal meal:
Fresh grilled seafood, seasonal veggies, key lime pie, and a Frangelico
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Something you'd like a chance to eat or cook:
Chocolate (from the bean to bar).
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The number of bottles of wine you own:
Including champagne? 5.
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The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
Whoever shows up!
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Kitchen pet peeve:
Messy counters and a sink full of dirty dishes.
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Your favorite cookbook:
Marcella Hazan's Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking and Nigel Slater's Appetite