Name: Wirt Cook
Occupation: cook/caterer
Borough: Manhattan
Relationship status: fine, thanks
What did you eat today?
One of those Naked Red Machine drinks, an iced coffee and some cold pizza with pepperoni and olives, and some cold pasta with black olives and black truffle.
What do you never eat?
Cauliflower, pesto, kimchee, natto, pine nuts, raisins. [Natto I get, but no kimchee? You and Steingarten. I don’t get it. A piece of young kimchee wrapped around a hot ball of rice and a little beefy bit? How could you kick that out of bed? –Ed.]
Complete this sentence: In my refrigerator, you can always find:
Several varieties of mustards, pickles, lots of hot sauce, beer, Coca-cola, unsweetened iced tea, sardines, goose fat, bacon fat, butter.
What is your favorite kitchen item?
My Le Creuset skillets -- or my deep fryer -- which I do use an awful lot.
Where do you eat out most frequently?
Katz's is my favorite, or Blue Ribbon Sushi cause its open so late, Lombardi's, if I’m over by Dirty Bird or Corner Bistro I try to stop in.
World ends tomorrow. What would you like for your last meal?
Well...I would definitely want some of the barbecued shrimp from Pascal's Manale in New Orleans, then I’d probably ask Alex Guarnaschelli -- the chef at Butter -- if she'd make me a tasting menu -- there would also be a substantial amount of whiskey involved.
i miss your deep fryer.
Hmm, someone just asked to borrow my deep fryer.
No kimchee for me either!
PS None of the edow links work
Sometimes I hate Movable Type and hand coding. It's like 1995 up in here. And smart quotes suck. Someone should put that on a t-shirt.
Found your blog a while ago looking for people who actually talk about my friend and old roommate Quino when gushing adulation on Momofuku (to Chang's credit, he almost always mentions his co-chef and staff in interviews, demonstrating to me he is a truly righteous fellow). I think your comment about Joaquin was that customers and reviewers should take notice of his rather attractive physique.
So I come back every once in a while because I like the "You Are what You Eat" posts. Opening the link this time, I see my friend Colleen's brother, who I have only had the privilege of meeting once when he was helping Colleen move to New York and, unfortunately, we all had a rather forgetful meal (but good beer).
Unexpected coincidences and surprise connections through the internets so I thought I would comment finally. Thanks for the nice blog.
yep.