ABOUT THIS COOK:

I was raised, live and work in New York City, and as such I am totally obsessed with food. Finding it, eating it, making it. I am on a personal journey through culinary hero Mark Bittman's How to Cook Everything, making each and every recipe contained, and blogging it at http://www.bencookseverything.com/

• What do you cook when home alone?
  Some pasta or another. Or eggs.

• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  Food processor.

• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  8, and they all bring something (doesn't have to be food).