ABOUT THIS COOK:

I've been cooking since I could hold a spoon. All about ingredients for me. Like putting meals together based on what's available. Not big on baking.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Not strange so much as gross: tongue

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Whatever I feel like eating. Probably a pizza or pasta.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  Circa 1979 Cuisinart.

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