I also love a Levain cookie — any variety. They're so big, I feel like you're supposed to eat them in several increments, but I always eat them in one.

Are you a coffee drinker? I love coffee, but I have to make sure I don't have more than one cup a day because I'm already a little hyper.

Everyone has a go-to dish. What’s yours? Mexican turkey stew. It's turkey, salsa, and hominy. You put it in the slow cooker for six hours and it makes the person cooking it look like she knows what she's doing—even when that isn't necessarily the case.

What do you miss from Missouri, where you grew up? There’s this delicacy called toasted ravioli. It's basically just deep-fried. We didn't have it often when I was growing up, but I'd occasionally see it at a special event. It's so good.