Full-time working wife and mother of two small boys whose obsessive need to cook delicious food is threatening to take over what little free time I have. I grew up in a family of serious cookers but didn't learn to cook myself until I got married and got out of the military and discovered the joys of micro-graters, ethiopian food, immersion blenders and watching my husband roll around on the floor after four servings of pulled pork tamales (with real lard!) complaining that he's so full he can't feel his legs. Trying to graduate from novice cooker to ranked amateur. The days of 'the biscuit incident of aught five' as my husband refers to it are long past but I still haven't tried my hand at paella so I'm a work in progress!
What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
Fermented dried horse milk balls in northern Uzbekistan. And, really, they were horrible. I mean, I'm an adventurous eater but they were just....bad.
What do you cook when home alone?
Lentil-Chorizo Soup
Your most treasured kitchen possession:
Immersion blender (you just run it under water and its CLEAN), and my great-grandmother's brisket roasting pan
The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
6
