coffeefoodwritergirl

Los Angeles-based writer coffeefoodwritergirl's recipes reveal her many dimensions as a cook. She embraces everything from the raw and vegan (like her Organic Raw Cranberry Sauce and Vegetarian Spring Rolls) to her unabashedly decadent home alone dinner (Tarragon Seared Duck Breast; Potatoes Sauteed in Duck Fat; Roasted Asparagus with Shaved Pecorino & Baby Chocolate Souffle). Perhaps most impressive is how comfortable she is working with less traditional parts of all kinds of different animals –- from veal tongue to duck gizzards to lamb sweetbreads to tripe. Check out coffeefoodwritergirl's page and fan her here.

Read her profile Q&A below:

• What is the strangest food you have ever eaten?
  calves brains
• What do you cook when home alone?
  duck
• Your most treasured kitchen possession:
  my favorite chopping knife
• Your ideal meal:
  Duck Confit, Potatoes sauteed in duck fat, chocolate souffle, red wine
• Something you'd like a chance to eat or cook:
  Duck confit -- I would like to perfect the process of making it and eat it as often as possible
• The number of bottles of wine you own:
  hundreds....
• The ideal number of guests for a dinner party is:
  12
• Kitchen pet peeve:
  dull knives
• Your favorite cookbook:
  Where do I start? there are so many greats: "Ma Gastronomie/Fernand Point (w/ introduction by Thomas Keller; "The Cooking of Southwest France" by Paula Wolfert