"I’ll try anything once, twice if I like it, three times to make sure." – Mae West. I agree…especially as it pertains to food and wine. Although I work in a local food business and interact with Virginia growers and producers every day, my culinary interests extend beyond state lines and across oceans. In case you question my qualifications, right now I am wearing a plastic lobster bib, wielding an oversized ladle, and I have a 14 karat gold tastevin dangling from the neck. I look very much like the Swedish Chef from The Muppet Show, but with a bigger moustache and eyebrows. Biggest cooking disaster: Greek Meatloaf. All I can say is that I offended both Greeks and Meatloaf aficionados alike. Not easy given the mild mannered nature of loaf lovers.