ABOUT THIS COOK:

I am a design researcher and grad student who has always been passionate about food, whether it's cooking, eating, reading or talking - anything but TV, because time spent watching food TV is time not spent cooking!

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  shrimp brains

• What do you cook when home alone?
  soup & fresh bread or giant salads

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  le creuset dutch oven

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  10 - plus me & my husband