Welcome to another installment of asking authors about their favorite meals. This feature was inspired by my protagonist, the Amazing Conroy, who in addition to being a stage hypnotist is also very much a foodie.

This week we visit with Jennifer Stevenson. Although she probably doesn’t realize it, Jennifer is responsible for putting me on my very first panel, back around 1990 or so. And, soon after, in the opening months of the KLI, gave me space on a local Chicago convention for the first bit of Klingon language programming (which exploded like none of us ever imagined).

Since then, Jennifer has moved from SMOF to Pro, with a number of fun (and at times, magical) romantic comedies, carving out her own niche with titles like Trash Sex Magic, and her trio of Chicago Urban Fantasies (The Brass Bed, The Velvet Chair, and The Bearskin Rug). It’s been more than a decade since we broke bread together (a pot luck at her home, with Rosemary and Gene Wolfe on hand), but she seemed like a good person to talk to about meals.