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20 Questions with a Slashfoodie: Nick Vagnoni

nick vagnoniYou've been reading our ramblings here at Slashfood for months now, so isn't it about time you get to know us? Over the next few weeks, we'll be playing 20 questions with our Slashfood bloggers, just so you can see what kind of insanity is cooking in our brains. And kitchens. First up, it's 24 year-old Nick Vagnoni, originally from Key West, now in Sarasota, FL. Nick is one of the Slashfood OG.

Do you have a personal blog?
I'm Cookin' Here (lately in need of some TLC)

What is your day job, or rather, what do you do when you're not food blogging?
Food columnist, restaurant critic, freelance writer

How long have you been blogging with slashfood and what is your favorite post?
Roughly eight months. Favorite post: maybe the "last bite syndrome"

Do you have any non-food-related, non-blogging hobbies?
Photography, playing and collecting music, bocce, crossword puzzles

Not every foodie does, but do you cook?
Why, yes. Yes I do.

What is your most prized utensil/gadget in the kitchen?
An underused but very ominous cleaver

List three things in your refrigerator right now.
Almond milk, strawberries and Sriracha hot chili sauce

You have to impress a date with a home-cooked meal. What are you going to make?
Osso buco maybe?

What is the last thing you ate?
A pumpernickel bagel with cream cheese, lox, onion, lettuce and tomato

Confession time – what do you eat that will get you banned from Slashfood?
Um, my young? No. I don't know. McDonald's fries and a cup of ice from their soda fountain.

If you could only eat one thing for the rest of your life, what would it be?
Fruit

Your Mom makes the best _____.
Lasagna (and she's Jewish.)

Which chef would you most like to have come into your kitchen and cook you dinner?
I don't really like having other people cook for me in my own kitchen.

Who would you most like to eat dinner with?
My family.

Your drink of choice?
With food, just a glass of water. As for alcoholic drinks, Myers's rum with pineapple juice, or Ayinger Celebrator Doppelbock

Where was your best restaurant dining experience?
I don't think I can single one out. I really enjoyed Lupa in New York City though.

The worst?
When I was young and foolish I think I ordered shrimp scampi somewhere in South Dakota.

Do you want fries with that?
Hell yeah.

What foods do you think should be banished from existence?
Marshmallow Peeps (bracing for the backlash here)

What do you see as the biggest "thing" in food for the coming year?
I'm not much for predicting trends, but maybe exotic and nutritious tropical fruits like tamarind, dragonfruit and acai.

[photo credit for Nick Vagnoni in the kitchen: Kitchen Monkey]

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