All is revealed!
That's right! It's America's Test Kitchen sweetheart, Christopher Kimball! I "met" him at a book signing several weeks ago, and it was thrilling. You can tell CK was thrilled to pose for a picture with me. In the uncropped version, I'm off his right shoulder grinning like a goofball. It's an interesting juxtaposition, my unchained glee and CK's barely tolerant boredom. Which is funny because he was really nice and smiling when he was signing my cookbook. When the camera comes out, here comes Mr. Serious.
I wish I could have snapped a pic of the look of terror in his eyes when I announced I was using the shot as my Christmas card picture this year. Now that would have been a good Christmas card.