1. Given a choice, and imagining that money and time were no object, would you rather cook dinner, eat out or order in?
Cook. It’s so much more fun.

2. What is the most elaborate meal you’ve ever prepared yourself or purchased at a restaurant?
Nothing really stands out. I never order anything elaborate at a restaurant, and all my cooking takes a pretty decent amount of time…I don’t know. I’ll work on finding something elaborate to cook.

3. What food do you find yourself making and/or eating way too much?
I am forevermore boiling/baking/grilling artichokes. They are one of my favorites. At a young age I figured out it was “better” to enjoy things that nobody else in my family liked so that when my mom bought it I had it all to myself. This explains why I have been about fifteen pounds overweight most of my life. Except when I had pneumonia. What a great way to lose weight.

4. What was your most disastrous cooking/eating out experience?
Cooking, can’t recall. Eating out…oh boy. Once we ate at the Olive Garden and it took over an hour to get our food. When they brought it out my dad told us not to touch it and he had a word with the manager. There was a problem in the kitchen which was obvious (and to top it all off my brother found something metal in his food), but they tried to blame it on the waiter. The kid was beside himself trying to help us out, the manager didn’t charge us, but I’m pretty sure the waiter was about to get fired after we left. So Dad tipped him well. Poor guy. He didn’t do anything wrong.

5. Would you rather cook for someone else or have them cook for you?
Cook for someone else. Why let them have all the fun?