ABOUT THIS COOK:

I love food! I love to cook, eat, read about food, write about food, and enjoy meals with friends and family. I have been writing a food memoir for the past decade and am just about done! I epsecially love to create recipes using seasonal and local produce. I love to travel and wherever I go I shop at markets, cook, and try to take a cooking class.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  live sea urchin in Morocco

• What do you cook when home alone?
  a mix of leftover vegetables, grains and condiments with a scrambled eggs, ends of cheeses and creme fraiche.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My Cuisinart Convection/Toaster oven, or my Le Creuset cast iron gratin pan

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  10