ABOUT THIS COOK:

I founded a no-gimmicks, no-hype healthy-living magazine called Experience Life in 2001 (www.experiencelifemag.com) and have been doing that ever since. I live on an organic farm in Wisconsin with a bunch of family members. Love to cook, and wish I had more time for it. Am lucky to have a mom who gardens like mad and is always dropping off goodies.

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

• What do you cook when home alone?
  smoked oysters on rice crackers

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  vitamix

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