ABOUT THIS COOK:

Founder of PoorMansFeast.com

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  Poached calves brain a week after seeing Young Frankenstein

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Eggs

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My spice cabinet, really a small china cabinet that used to house my grandmother's luncheon set in the 1930s

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