Chassis is a food writer in the D.C. metropolitan area with an ever-growing addiction to Low Country/Southern & Asian cuisines, and just about everything Italian. When she's not traipsing around DC, Maryland, & VA in search of new restaurants to eat at and attending food-related events, she can be found in her kitchen blasting an iPod & filling the house with various aromas. In her honest opinion, passion and spontaneity are two of the best traits to have when cooking. Check out her food-related ramblings, recipes, and adventures at her blog, Foodtellect, and on another DC-based blog, Johnna Knows Good Food.