ABOUT THIS COOK:

I'm a musician who cooks. It's a daily pleasure, a road back to health, and fairly cheap therapy.

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

• What do you cook when home alone?
  pizza

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  my zwilling j.a. henckels four star knife set

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  four to six