Stacy Schiff's favorite comfort food is risotto. Find out what else she revealed to us after her recent appearance on The Leonard Lopate Show.

What have you read or seen over the past year (book, play, film, etc.) that moved or surprised you?

The brilliant Argentine movie “The Secret in Their Eyes.”

What are you listening to right now?

I write to Bach or Mozart and I run to lots of Springsteen.

What’s the last great book you read?

“The Possessed,” Elif Batumen (or “Dombey and Son,” Dickens)

What’s one thing you’re a fan of that people might not expect?

Ice hockey.

What’s your favorite comfort food?

Risotto. Plain risotto or Mark Bittman’s asparagus risotto. Okay, any risotto.