(subject to change at whim) momofuku, Caseus, 116 Crown, Sally's, that place in Rancho de Taos next to that amazing adobe church.
My most tattered cookbooks:
I used to have a whole bookshelf full of cookbooks. Too much time as a nomad, so now I have an ancient copy of Joy (old version), an vintage Fanny Farmer and rely on a personal notebook and teh intrawebs