ABOUT THIS COOK:

I'm a nervous cook but a confident eater.

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  I ate various unidentifable things while in Taiwan this past May.

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Steamed vegetables with sriracha; a baked sweet potato with cinnamon and black pepper

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  Anything that helps facilitate my morning coffee

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  4