ABOUT THIS COOK:

I am a food writer, cookbook author, and working mom. My husband and I also run Feather Down Farms, an exciting agritourism venture that promotes tent camping on America's most beautiful working farms.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  I'll go with what first came to mind: a vile curry-flavored chocolate at Per Se

• What do you cook when home alone?
  soft-scrambled eggs with goat cheese, zucchini tortinos, penne with tomato sauce, Italian tuna bean salad, toasted bread w/various cured meats, artichoke or olive purees and cheese

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  my orange-handled La Gouille condiment knife/butter spreader and Le Cruecet soup pot

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