ABOUT THIS COOK:

Native New Yorker. On Maui for 27 years. For 23 years, owner small public relations firm specializing in chefs, restaurants, food & beverge products, hospitality, travel. Owner/operator since 2008 of Tour da Food Maui - small, customized ethnic food tours of Wailuku. Certified Pastry Cook - Maui Community College Culinary Arts Program - May 2007. Student of Hawaiian culture, language, hula. Home cook, food lover.

• What do you cook when home alone?
  pasta, fish and lots of baked goods

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  the wooden bowl and mezzaluna my mother used to make chopped liver and her French rolling pin

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