This is too hard to pick. I've been very fortunate.
I really wish I could:
go to Ursawa
My "Go-to" dinner party dish:
I love to try somethingnew every time. But my pork chops are always a winner.
My favorite comfort food:
Mom's spaghetti and meatballs
My top 5 favorite restaurants:
This is impossible! Mama's fish House, Spago Beverly Hills, The Spot in Hermosa Beach, The Red Hut Waffle Shop in S. Lake Tahoe, La Super Rica, SB
My most tattered cookbooks:
Vegeterian Cooking at the Academy, Martha Stewart's Hors d'Oeuvers Handbook, Mastering the Art, California Heritage by the Junior League of Pasadena, my notebook with clipped and made up recipes is by far the most tattered