Who's Cooking: Albert DeGoias

A project manager for a Wall Street brokerage house, DeGoias lives in East Northport with his wife, Elsa, and children, Sabrina, 14, and Justin, 12.

My grandfather on my father's side was Portuguese, and my dad was born in Scotland. My mother was born in Cuba, and her father came from Canton, China, and opened a Chinese restaurant in Cuba. My father traveled the world before he settled in Cuba. In 1959 my parents came to the U.S. My grandfather came over in the '60s. He cooked Chinese food for us all the time.

My dad was a great cook but, unfortunately, passed away when I was 11. It was from him that I got the knack to cook, which surprised my mother. There's one dish I make, crab and callaloo, that was my dad's favorite; he picked it up in British Guiana. It takes a long time to prepare. You have to make your own dumplings and cook the rest separately.

My best dish is Chinese-Asian-style barbecued baby back ribs. My kids like them with my onion-crusted potatoes. I also do a lot of stir frying and make a skillet chicken Parmigiana with my own sausage- mushroom sauce that I put on top. My daughter says, "I won't eat it unless you make your sauce."

I go to Pomodorino in Huntington Station and Filletto's in East Northport.

Right now, it would be the whole Mets team. I'd have a cookout in the backyard. Absolutely ribs all the way, with my onion-crusted potatoes in the oven and corn on the cob.