Amy Car 14

Best meal I ever ate:

French Laundry, Yountville, CA, Easter 2003, by myself, 22 separate courses (!), all divine

I really wish I could:

find good lobster at 8am near Logan

My favorite comfort food:

it's a tie: at home: seared foie gras on toast with warm mango/ginger salsa --- at a restaurant: Carnitas quesadilla on corn tortilla at Puentez Taqueria in San Rafael, CA

My top 5 favorite restaurants:

Hana Japanese, Rohnert Park, CA ... Central Market, Petaluma, CA ... Pacific Cafe, Lihue, HI ... Ton Kiang, San Francisco, CA ... Willi's WIne Bar, Healdsburg, CA

My most tattered cookbooks:

New AMerican Cooking (Jeremiah Tower), Slow Food Mediterranean Kitchen (Paula Wolfert), Zuni Cafe (Judy Rodgers)