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Ray's Hellburger in DC - with Good Stuff Eatery a close second.

Chocolate mousse - or anything with chocolate and peanut butter combined!

My first cookbook was a kid's tea time cookbook whose name is long forgotten. In the summer I lived with my grandparents and every year, we would host a tea party for my friends and make tea sandwiches and petit fours with the recipes in the book.

I wanted to surprise my boyfriend with a pumpkin pie when he visited. I put it in the oven right before he was landing so that it would be warm and the kitchen would smell delicious when he arrived. When we sat down to take a bite, I noticed that it tasted off. I was like "something is missing." He was like "something critical is missing." It took us like 5 bites to realize that I had forgotten the sugar. My roommate's solution was to call it "savory" pumpkin pie!

Corn bread (with cornmeal from my Uncle's mill) or lemon squares ... depending on what dish I am responsible for.

It was at my first dinner party at my new apartment. I served a roast pork loin with rosemary potatoes. Everything turned out beautifully until it was served. I didn't realize that my roommate's two guests were Jewish and couldn't eat pork! Now, I always check if there are any food "issues" with my invite list so my guests don't have to eat take-out chinese from the place down the street!

soup! my favorite food.