ABOUT THIS COOK:

Enthusiastic home cook. Good at it, people love to eat my food. Consider the quality of the ingredients as the most important part of the end result.

• What do you cook when home alone?
  For lunch today: Roasted red and golden beets with goat cheese on field greens with a mustard viniagrette

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  My knives.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  Between 6 and 12.