re: 25 Questions to be answered:

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1 - At what age did you first start cooking and what was the first food item you cooked?

12-13, gumbo.

2 - Have you ever worked in a commercial food operation? Doing what?
briefly as a chef.

3 - What family member stands out in your memory as your favorite cook?
Mother.

4 - Are you the best cook in your immediate family? If no, then who?
Id put my mother and I neck and neck. We do things very differently though.

5 - How many meals a week do you eat out?
A lot.

6 - Your favorite steak cut? Cooked how?
Ribeye, medium rare.

7 - Your favorite chicken cut? Cooked how?
Wing, fried.

8 - Your favorite pork cut? Cooked how?
Chop, thin cut, on the bone, grilled.

9 - What is your favorite comfort food?
Tough to answer. I love all food.

10 - What ethnic cuisine is your favorite?
Mexican probably.

11 - What is your favorite (US) food city?
Tough to say anything other than NYC.

12 - What is your favorite international food city?
N/A

13 - Do you have a favorite restaurant? If yes, name?
I mean, I have the best meal I've ever eater, but I will never go back to the restaurant due to it's a once in a lifetime kind of place. Tough to pick one restaurant.

14 - What is your most favorite vegetable and cooking method?
Broccoli, blanched.

15 - What is your least favorite vegetable and cooking method?
Brussel sprouts, any way.

16 - What is your favorite meat (cut and cooking method)?
Ribeye, medium rare.

17 - What is your least favorite meat (cut and cooking method)?
Grilled chicken breast.

18 - Rate these in preference (1=most, 5=least) 3 Bread, 2 vegetables, 1 meat, 5 dairy, 4 salad

19 - Favorite sandwich
Cuban

20 – Do you have a favorite breakfast? What/?
Hashbrowns, loaded.

21 – If you could choose your last meal, what would it be?
Where do I begin.

22 – Favorite leftover
Tough to beat pizza, cold or reheated via oven.

23 – What is your Go To Dish if you are cooking?
Jambalaya is the fallback.

24 – Favorite Seafood dish?
Boiled shrimp.

25 - Best Dish you have ever cooked?
22 hour roasted ossobuco over saffron risotto with a lime/garlic aioli.

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