Alex at the Wynn, Le Crocodile in Strasbourg, The old Pump Room in Chicago, Lao Sze Chuan in Chicago, Lou Malnati in Chicago
My most tattered cookbooks:
Antoinette Pope School Cookbook, Julia Child Mastering the Art, From Julia Child's Kitchen, Fast Food My Way by Pepin, James Beard, Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking by Hazan, The Baker's Apprentice by Peter Reinhart