- Year I Started at Mattson
- 1997
- Current Residence
- "Noe Valley, a sunny neighborhood spot in San Francisco"
- Got Smart at
- UNC Chapel Hill (undergrad) and Cornell University Hotel School
- Ask Me About
- Taste What You're Missing
- Most People Don't Know I'm Good At
- Deciphering your accent. I can pinpoint your place of birth within 500 miles just from the way you talk.
- My Food Philosophy in 20 Words or Less
- "When the 5 Basic Tastes (sweet, sour, bitter, salt, umami) are in balance, the rest is easy."
- My Dirty Little Food Secret
- Peanut Butter + Chocolate Ready-to-Spread Frosting eaten with a spoon. Think: deconstructed Peanut Butter Cups. And JERKY! Not together.
- Favorite Ingredient
- Soy Sauce & Fermented Fish Sauce
- Food I'd Take to a Deserted Island
- Heirloom Tomatoes (assuming I could evaporate sea water to make salt!)
- Least Favorite Food
- "Eggs, olives, and pine nuts (I know, I know, I'm picky)"
- Favorite Place to Eat
- The restaurant I'm going to eat in tonight
- How I Stay Sane
- "A daily run, daily glass of wine, and a weekly (at minimum) game of Scrabble."
- Current Obsession
- TV's Mad Men
- My 2 Favorite Movies
- The Sound of Music & Fight Club
- Favorite Fictional Character
- Dagney Taggart from Atlas Shrugged
- Product I Wish I'd Created
- "Kettle Chip ""Bakes"". What's not to love? Whole, skin-on potato, sliced thin, and baked until crisp. Real potato flavor without the fried potato guilt."
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