When you got back from fasting in the wilderness for 40 days, that was the first thing you requested.Д«: Well, I truly feel like I donвЂ™t need to GO anywhere for what has become my favorite foodie destination вЂ“ here. As an addendum to the former, chapatis in which to spoon said recipe.ДЄ: Oh yeah you love chapatis. I feel like I should talk about my mother now.Д«: Either, hot dogs a la Rose, or chicken sausage, halloumi and freshly sliced tomato and avocado. Also his homemade hazelnut-almond milk, sweetened with dates and sometimes flavoured with fennel seed is second to none IвЂ™ve tasted around LA.Д«: Strangely, the first two I think of are both rather phallic. I ADORE half of it.ДЄ: BrendanвЂ™s version of a fry-up is labour-intensive, decadent and finger-smacking good: kochujang-laquered pork belly pieces, perfectly crispy polenta rounds, slices of cold, crisp Asian pear. And yet our house looks вЂњlived in.вЂќД«: You definitely inherited the dual obsession via Nature/Nuture. Now that Eliyah was born, we both clean more and yet thereвЂ™s more mess. I overachieved and landed the Freshman Fifty.Д«: She cooks. ItвЂ™s really a mystery how you were 285lbs by the time we graduated university.Д«: Yeah. Chicken NOT.Д«: If it was at the dining hall then a typical meal of mine would have been a double cheeseburger with a fried chicken patty added, on a burger bun, bananas foster (3 servings), and a вЂњredвЂќ drink with whipped cream stirred in.ДЄ: Oh man, I remember that red drink concoction. I just remember there being vegetarian versions of meat dishes everywhere, and theyвЂ™d called it Kung Pao Chicken Not. What was the first meal the two of you shared?ДЄ: Nope, we didnвЂ™t sit together (it was a freshman year at Northwestern University bonding thing where Bren flirted shamelessly with me, and I flirted right back!)ДЄ: First meal, huh? IвЂ™m guessing it would have been some of that awful stuff at the dining hall. Come back on Thursday as they both share recipes they created using ingredients from July's The FareTrade Basket Featuring chef Jeremiah Bacon. Keep reading onВ to journey along with Aarti + Brendan as they open up about their favorite foods, destinations + each other. And we were right! This week we are bringing you a two part series. Since winning Food Network Star and starting her show - Aarti Party - AartiВ and Brendan have given birth to a beautiful baby girl + areВ about to release her new cookbookВ (info below), while Brendan recentlyВ published his comedy record The Big Tickle.ДЄn adorable and scintillating couple - we felt they were perfect for All is Fare in Love + Food.

Meet Aarti Sequeira (you may remember her as the Season 6 Winner of Next Food Network Star) and her comedic husband, Brendan McNamara.

Lust at first bite cookbook