Mark Dichter is the photographer for TheCityCook.com. He is also a Brooklyn-born native New Yorker, a documentary filmmaker and recording engineer, and a lover of books, chamber music, opera, and all things Italian. While he enjoys cooking and makes excellent eggs, broiled portobello mushrooms, and poached salmon, he's more often The City Dishwasher, edged out of the kitchen by his wife, Kate McDonough, editor of TheCityCook.com.