10 Thoughts: Douglas Katz

One thing you don't know about me is that I was a singer in the Cleveland Orchestra Children's Chorus.

If I could trade places with one chef it would be Darina Allen of Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork, Ireland. Her restaurant and cooking school are located on a 400-acre estate with a 100-acre organic farm.

One of my most memorable meals was my last one. I try not to waste time having a meal that isn't memorable. I say “live to eat, not eat to live.”

If there were no local food, farmers' markets or Lucky Penny Farm (Ohio) goat cheese, I'd have no reason to live.

My go-to drink is a one-quart Ball jar filled with ice and tap water.

If I were on death row my last meal would be my Grandma Florence's mushroom sandwiches, prime rib with mushroom sauce, twice-baked potatoes, sautéed spinach, lemon chiffon pie and chocolate cake with the fork pattern, of course.

My worst culinary creation was a sugar and banana omelet that I prepared when I was 7 years old.

If I could change one thing about me it would be my OCD.

My favorite junk food is pie.

If I wasn't a restaurant operator, I'd love to be a restaurant critic so I could get paid for every meal I ate. If I had my way, however, I'd only eat at the best restaurants.