My food is a tool that brings people together and forms meaningful connections where there would normally be none.
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Receive Text UpdatesMy mother and I learned how to cook out of necessity while living overseas. She was fearless in the kitchen even though she had know idea what she was doing when she picked up her first of many cook books. I adopted this fearless approach in the kitchen, and in life, from her.
What's your all time favorite dish to make?I love to cook fresh fish with a simple Mediterranean style sauce made of fresh tomatoes, onions, capers, Kalamata olives, extra virgin olive oil, lemon juice Balsamic reduction and parsley. I also make a killer Madagascar vanilla flan and key lime pie.
What would you do with the $25,000?I would put the $25,000 winnings towards my own food truck.
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