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butterflied leg of lamb, dijon mustard mixed with herbes de provence, bread crumbs on top, roasted
and the leftovers in a sandwich: ciabatta, more dijon, roasted red peppers

pasta
or maybe ice cream

in London
and it was GREAT!!

Madrid
no place has better tapas!

Thai
and baking bread

on a family trip to Maine: Lobster Rolls!

the trucks here in SF have GREAT tacos, as does La Corneta in Glen Park...

a friend's Italian grandmother's turkey stuffing: sautee lots of onions and garlic, add a lot of mixed mushrooms and cook down... Make croutons from mixed breads (sourdough, ciabatta, etc) - dry the bread cubes (low oven or overnight), and sautee them in a lot of butter. Add the mushrooms, chopped fresh sage, salt and pepper, poultry broth, and a good handfull of freshly grated parmigiano. No celery! Bake in or out of the turkey - the best stuffing ever.....

at the end of my first trip to Europe, on a shoestring: my friends and I saved up for one really good meal in Paris. We had enough for the meal but no wine, no dessert, and looked like the shabby backpackers we were, despite our best efforts to dress up. A table of businessmen quickly assessed the situation and took pity on us - they generously sent over bottle after bottle of excellent wine that they had "tried" and sprung for dessert - a memorable kindness and memorable meal.

cornbread, challah, anything with olives
chewy grainy seedy breads, fresh-baked with butter

Butternut Squash Lasagna!

a chocolate tasting at Copia in Napa, California
hundreds of vendors, fabulous chocolate, but:
there CAN be too much of a good thing!