monkeymom

San Francisco Bay Area
Scientist

My favorite distraction is to cook. Though science and cooking/baking have a lot in common, I'm finding that each allows me to enjoy very different parts of my life. Cooking connects me with my heritage, my family, friends, and community. I'm really enjoying learning from the food52 community, who expose me to different ingredients and new ways to cook.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Sea cucumber...yuck. Weird taste and texture.
• What do you cook when home alone?
  Spaghetti carbonara with fava beans and an over easy egg on top.
• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My big red le creuset pot and a recently acquired Nespresso machine.
• Your ideal meal:
  Any peaceful meal with my husband.
• Something you'd like a chance to eat or cook:
  So many choices, so little time...the French Laundry maybe?
• The number of bottles of wine you own:
  6
• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  Around here 8 adults usually come attached with 8 kids so I guess that means 16!
• Kitchen pet peeve:
  Inefficient dishwasher loading irks me. I also can never find my measuring spoons.
• Your favorite cookbook:
  A signed copy of Pure Dessert by Alice Medrich (from kaykay), Pei Mei's Chinese Cook book, Keller's Ad Hoc and Jamie at Home.