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Published Thursday, 18-Sep-2008 in issue 1082

Cecelia Moreno, Oceanside; Owner, Crest Café

Community involvement includes Save Hillcrest, Hillcrest Business Improvement Association, San Diego Restaurant Association and Natural Resources Defense Council

What is currently your favorite eatery or lunch spot?

It’s a tie between Oceannaire and Pacifica Del Mar.

Do you have a favorite dish from any San Diego restaurant?

A no-longer-secret indulgence since childhood: Super Tacos from Jack-in-the Box

How often do you cook at home?

I watch my husband cook from a nearby barstool!

What is your favorite dish to prepare?

The only dish I know how to prepare is an oatmeal flax meal meatloaf with veggies and ground beef for my beloved dogs! I can also make a really great spoon cookie.

Do you prefer to cook with others or do you banish all human life from your kitchen?

I like to watch others cook while drinking and building up an appetite.

Meat and potatoes, keep it healthy, or bring on dessert?

I love anything made with dark chocolate and I love milk.

What is your favorite condiment?

Homemade pico de gallo

If you were any food, what food would you be and why?

I would be a brussel sprout, for then I would never get eaten!

Name three things that are always in your refrigerator/freezer:

Champagne, cheese and butter

Name three people, living or dead, you’d most like to invite to a dinner party:

I can’t decide. Either Paul Newman, JFK, and Truman Capote, or Martin Luther King, John Adams and Teddy Roosevelt.