Linnea
Hometown: The New York City suburbs - Westchester side
Here For: Unforgettable recipes in any category
Want to Learn How: Fancy tricks with sugar
Occupation: Designer
Company: Mimura: Arte in Design
Industry: Design
Schools: University of Virginia; the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the private studios of Martine Vaugel, Marcello Guasti and Charles Cecil the British Institute; Palazzo Spinelli School of Art and Restoration; L'Accademia di Belle Arti, Florence
Major: Government / Political Theory
Degree(s): Bachelor's Degree and Extensive Non-Degree Graduate Studies
Cooker or Caker: Both
Bake/Cook Frequency: Every day
Baking/Cooking Training: Self taught; cooking classes at La Baraonda through The British Institute; benefiting from having lots of chef friends
Favorite Food: Bagels and lox, pie, leafy greens
Favorite Food Moment: Cray fishing in the Black River
Favorite Cooking Word: Zabars
Favoriate Restaurant: Take out from Katz's Deli in NY, La Giostra in Florence, the Supper Club in Amsterdam
Favorite Chef: Anthony Bourdain for his attitude, Julia Child for her class
In My Town Try: Fresh pressed Tuscan extra virgin olive oil, Chianti Classico wines, wild boar, la bistecca alla Fiorentina, la finocchiata, Tuscan bread soups, local farmer fare,
Interests: Wine tours, drawing, dancing, writing poetry in secret, literature, old music, working in fashion, extreme gardening, sculpture, designing seemingly impossible fountains, and - should I really mention it? - cooking and baking old school.
Languages: Fluent in English and Italian. Some French, some Swedish, a little Spanish, a little Hebrew, a little Calabrian dialect
Books: A Confederacy of Dunces, Fifth Business, Siddhartha, Moby Dick, The Stranger, Huckleberry Finn, Call of the Wild
Music: Frank Sinatra, Aretha Franklin, Ella Fitzgerald, Dean Martin, Frank Zappa, Leonard Cohen
TV/Movies: Lost, No Reservations, Defending Your Life, Joe Versus the Volcano, Best in Show, Curb Your Enthusiasm,
Travel: All over the east coast of the US, up and down the west coast in California, Sweden, Italy, France, England, Spain, Holland, Belgium, Mexico, the Bahamas, the Caribbean...
