MEET MY CLASSMATES...17 QUESTIONS, MEG

I've been attending school since January during which time I've gotten to know my classmates but since beginning to write about school in April, you haven't gotten the same opportunity. It's long since time that you were introduced to a great bunch of people. This occasional feature, 17 Questions, will give you an idea of who they are, their culinary likes and dislikes and why they decided to go to FCI in the first place.

You've met Meg before in Non-Alliterative Tuesday when I wrote about accompanying her and Tim when they went to get their tattoos.

NAME: Meg Griffin
FROM: Forest Hills, NY
BDAY: November 3, 1985
FAVORITE FOOD: ??

1) McDonald's or Burger King?
--Burger King
2) Coffee or Tea?
--Coffee
3) Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts?
--Starbucks
4) Burgers of BBQ?
--BBQ
5) What's your favorite ice cream flavor?
--Cookies & Cream
6) What's the dish that if on the menu, no matter how many times you've eat it you still can't help but order?
--TGIF's Chicken Sandwich
7) What food do you hate the most?
--Shrimp and cocktail sauce
8) Do you have any heirloom recipes passed on to you by grandparents, parents, siblings or friends and if so what is the recipe for? If not, what's an old standby recipe you never have to look up that you love to cook?
--Poulet Saute A L'Etragon
9) Name three jobs you've had:
--Prep cook, secretary, tutor
10) You're stranded in the mountains after miscalculating a parachute-jump while foraging for a rare ingredient, splendifera tremens, a spice that grows only on cliff-sides. After 2 weeks surviving on the horrible-tasting leaves of this plant, 20 lbs lighter, you finally return to civilization rich with it. You can afford any food on the plante-- what's your first meal?
--Grilled cheese and french fries
11) What's the most inventive and successful dish you've ever made?
--Corned-beef braised in Guinness
12) What's the biggest flop you've ever made?
--Pasta with sausage and pumpkin
13) Who are your favorite and most hated food celebrities?
Favorite: Jacques Pepin Most Hated: Rachel Ray
14) What's your favorite cookbook?
--I don't use cookbooks
15) Do you have any tattoos and if so how many? If you don't have one what would yours be if you decided to get one?
--Yes. 8.
16) You're cooking for a party of influential people and if it's successful you could win one of the prizes, behind the following doors:
#1 A food TV show
#2 A Ferrari and a KitchenAid mixer
#3 A new commercial kitchen and a lease
Describe what you would cook and circle the door.
--I would cook Tarragon Chicken.
--Door #3 A new commercial kitchen and a lease
17) In 20 words or less, describe what made you make the food leap to FCI.
--I love food, pressure and hard work. I knew FCI would train me for a great career and get me ready to work in restaurants.