Expertise: Food, culture, restaurants, travel
Location: New York City
Products: Make Your Own Soufflé Kit,  Black Truffle Risotto Trio; Bordeaux, White Wine and Champagne glasses.

Interests: Cooking, eating, wine & spirits, art, fashion.

Background: Culinary consultant, former Director of Operations for Le Bernardin, cookbook writer.

Favorite meal: Too many to list, but any meal shared with friends with lots of good wine.

Recent purchase: iPhone 4 and the latest release from Sea Smoke Vineyards.

Hidden talent: I’ve made my own jewelry for years.

Book/film recommendation: Love in the Time of Cholera; Babette’s Feast.

Restaurant recommendation: Other than Le Bernardin? L’atelier de Joel Robuchon (all locations; it's always a great meal), Masa, Annisa, Aldea.

If I had $20, I’d… Buy a great novel to curl up with.

Transformative travel experience: Bali. Everything is so spiritual in Bali—the food, scenery and the people, it’s an intoxicating experience.

Favorite neighborhood: Greenwich Village, New York and Marais, Paris.

Dream holiday: Anywhere with great company as long as there’s lots of food and wine.

If I could solve one problem, it would be: World hunger.

I wish people cared more about: The environment.

Recent aha! moment: Switching to a Mac.

The world would be a better place if: Everyone could be a little more tolerant of other people and cultures.