Sobaya (NYC), Degustacion (NYC), Duryea's Lobster Deck (Montauk), Jaleo (DC), Angelica's Kitchen (NYC), Nagahama ramen (Kyoto) oops, that makes 6!
My most tattered cookbooks:
My cookbooks are for armchair cooking, thus, except for drool, they're pretty pristine. Once in a while, I crack open a Jean-Georges cookbook (co-written by Mark Bittman).