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Dish

Published Thursday, 06-Aug-2009 in issue 1128

Celene Adams, Copy Editor, The Gay & Lesbian Times

Community involvement: A consummate bookworm, Celene rarely goes out.

What is currently your favorite eatery or lunch spot?

Aladdin in the Uptown Plaza

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

Tom Kah soup at Amarin Thai Cuisine

How often do you cook at home?

Every day

What is your favorite dish to prepare?

I don’t like preparing, only eating. But I make a lot of pesto pasta, which I wash down with two-buck chuck.

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

Most of my infrequent guests suggest I be banished from the kitchen.

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

I’m a near vegetarian, but I love anything savory, such as roast vegetables

What is your favorite condiment?

Cumin, rosemary and garlic

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

I would be an eggplant – sensual, simple and elegant.

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

De-alcoholized beer, vegetable potato chips and baba ganoush

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

Novelist Anne Tyler, actress Dame Judi Dench and memoirist Tristine Rainer

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