7 Minutes in the Kitchen with Sara Benincasa

Sweet-toothed readers, remember "7 Minutes in Heaven"? The good old make out game of yore when pre-teens are chosen at random to make out with someone while their peers look on? Welcome to 7 Minutes in the Kitchen, a new installment to the blog where every week once in a while I'll feature one totally awesome person I want to make out with..err, ask questions to.

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7 Minutes in the Kitchen with Sara Benincasa

Sometimes she's featured on CNN for her hilarious impersonation of Sarah Palin in spoof vlogs. Sometimes she's gettin' wet in a tub while interviewing sexy, funny people (such as Margaret Cho and Neil Gaiman). When she's not doing that, Sara Benincasa is hosting her nightly radio show, "Get in Bed" on Cosmo Radio (Sirius 111/XM 162). And if that ain't enough, she's currently touring the U.S. for her one woman show, AGORAFABULOUS, where she does the funny about things like agoraphobia and panic attacks and peeing in bowls. Check out her upcoming schedule to see if she's coming to your town.

Here she is, one-on-one with yours truly, answering a few questions about her food life.

1. You've been convicted of a horrible crime and are sitting on death row, what are you eating for your last meal?

The guard in my cell block. Trust me, he had it coming.

2. How do you like your eggs?

Scrambled, with onion, garlic, chives, spinach, oregano, crushed red pepper, sea salt, black pepper, and rosemary. Everything but the salt and crushed red pepper and black pepper should be fresh. I do enormous brunches at my house for 40 people, where I cook for hours, and this is the basis for the rest of the meal.

3. Would you rather be hand-fed blood-sausages by Sarah Palin or tiramisu by Susan Boyle?

Ewwww, sausages disgust me and I feel like Sarah Palin would not like me. Susan Boyle enchants me, and tiramisu is a perfect dessert. Therefore, I choose tiramisu and Susan, who probably would like me.

4. You live in the food capital of the world, what is the most luxurious meal you've eaten?

I've been to Artisanal a few times, and they have the most amazing chocolate fondue for two. They bring you all sort of delicious little things to dip in it, like homemade marshmallows. It's a great date spot, even though the place gets really loud. Incidentally, I have been there with boy-dates and girl-dates and they both like it equally. Overpriced French food appeals to all genders! Hooray!

5. What color is your kitchen and did you paint it yourself?

My kitchen has white walls and off-white cabinets. I didn't paint it. It's actually more a section of a wall than a proper kitchen. I really like it, though.

6. What's your tried and true cure for a killer hangover?

I dated a drunk who taught me to drink lots and lots and lots of water before you go to bed when you're crunkers, in order to avoid the headache part of the hangover. You wake up tired but not nauseous. I would advise drinking lots of water even if you wake up with a hangover, cuz you're actually dehydrated. If you can keep food down, potatoes are good: hash browns, home fries, a baked potato, whatevs. Potatoes are the only way the Irish have proudly survived countless centuries of vigorous, unchecked alcoholism.

7. And lastly, what is the sexiest food ever?

Cum. Some people see it as a condiment, while I regard it as a main course.

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