Serious Eats - seriouseats.com

my corner green grocer is awesome -- great quality produce (I live in CA, so it's a whole new world for the ex-New Yorker in me), amazing bread delivered daily, nice people, and a great selection of interesting flours, Italian imports and cheese. It's a great place.

I have never understood fake meats myself. However, I live with a vegetarian now, and we eat some faux meat products not because they taste anything like faux meat, but because they lend a nice texture and flavor to a dish ... our favorite is the "meatless meat" from Trader Joe's which we frequently use on soft tacos. I could probably come up with something similarly textured without turning to faux meat, but I haven't had the time to figure it out. We prefer tofu or tempeh to fake meat, but the texture is nice on occasion.

My husband is vegetarian, so I cook a lot of vegetarian meals at home. Lately, our go-to has been tempeh with winter greens (kale, collard greens, spinach etc) sauteed with a little lemon and shallots. If we don't have tempeh then I'll do quinoa or farro instead. We cook a pot of pinto beans a week and do a lot of burritos with beans, cheese, quinoa (or meatless meat), tapatio and greek yogurt. We also LOVE roasted root vegetables with a protein of some sort. And roasted kale-chips are a go-to crispy treat ...

goodness, i have a lot of favorites. I pretty much love steak, but if I had to pick just one, I would say Filet.

stir fry, soup, eggs, beans, toast ...

plain - sometimes with cheese and crackers and crusty bread and picked products.

today I'm in the mood for rich dreamy hot cocoa. i love mousse, and truffles and dark chocolate with sea salt. yum!

i love my tomato knife - a kyocera ceramic micro-serated blade that dorie greenspan recommended.

I love chewy/fudgy chocolate brownies. I also really like dark chocolate with caramel and sea salt. And I've been a huge fan of chocolate mousse since I was a kid!

Depends on my mood ... sometimes black, usually with a little milk (preferably almond), sometimes sweet and creamy like warm coffee ice cream.

with bread/crackers, some tasty cheese and wine!

I love food - any and all food. I'd ask my favorite chef to cook his/her favorite food ... I'd also kill to go back in time and have my dad who was a chef cook me "Max's Fried Chicken" with my dad's homemade mac n' cheese and some of his to-die-for ciabatta bread. Man, I miss that meal!

I like fusion -- it facilitates creativity, and I believe things are made to be morphed. That being said, not all fusion food hits the mark ... I've had some really bizarre combinations that don't make sense flavor- and texture-wise.