ABOUT THIS COOK:

Dedicated locavore. I spend my weekends on the back roads (often lost!) looking for best ingredients Ohio has to offer. I am often accompanied by my husband, Mr. Radar and our dog, Buddy. Raised in Michigan, I moved to Ohio for college and never left. Though Ohio may not be the most glamorous nor the most beautiful, I am Ohio proud. I love to meet farmers and local producers. Cooking is an extension of this love. You can follow my misadventures and view the food I cook for my picky, mad scientist husband- on my blog, thistleconfections.com

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Rattlesnake

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Recently, scrambled eggs with salad or toast. Bread with a hunk of good cheese.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  Toss up between my vintange hand crank pasta machine and my Kitchen Aid mixer.

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