I don't have an interview for you today but I did read one of my mom's issues of Fine Cooking recently and found myself silently answering the questions they posed to the contributors.

My latest kitchen purchase was...
A bunch of small gratin dishes because I got these Ina Garten cookbooks for Christmas 2014 and was convinced I was going to make these delicious individual bubbly dishes for everyone. They have yet to be used.

The three things always in my fridge are...
Milk for the kids. Baby carrots because they are possibly the only food that everybody in my house agrees upon. The random picked-over beers from our last get-together.

My perfect foodie vacation is...
Downtown Chicago, where someone in the know (who is not me) has made several reservations at cool restaurants I would like.

My favorite cake flavor is...
Yellow.

For breakfast today I had...
My son's leftovers. I took toast and covered one side with peanut butter and the other half with Nutella, then put sliced banana on top of it. He barely ate any of it (jerk) so I ate the leftovers instead of having my usual, which are those Greek yogurts where you flip fruit into it and mix it up.

My favorite place to eat potato salad is...
In my kitchen because it's usually too hot to eat it outside--plus, the only potato recipe I reliably like is this one via Smitten Kitchen (which has an awesome new redesign!) Most other potato salads I find pretty bland.

The most unusual thing I've grilled is...
Pineapple. It's delicious and easy, try it!

When I'm not cooking I like to...
Read magazines while half-watching TV.