ABOUT THIS COOK:

I'm a graduate of the Natural Gourmet Institute in NYC, currently working a full-time non-food-related job and indulging my passion for delicious and nourishing cuisine with lots of home cooking, recipe writing, and blogging.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Cheez Doodles when I was a kid, at a friend's home (my health-food-loving mom never allowed them in our house)

• What do you cook when home alone?
  veg soups with lentils and beans in winter, salads in summer; quinoa; roasted vegetables

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  cast iron skillet; enameled cast iron pot; salad spinner; microplane; porcelain ginger grater

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