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I live in Nashville...here's what I'd recommend. I totally agree with Prince's, Hog Heaven, Fido, and Las Paletas. The burger place next to Las Paletas is actually called Burger Up (but I agree - it's great. Get the bison burger.) I'd also recommend Cafe Nonna (Italian), Kalamata's (Greek), Calypso Cafe (Jamaican/Bahamian), and Bombay (Indian).

If your daughter can get to downtown Franklin (small town about 20 minutes south of Nashville), it's one of the most charming places you can imagine, and a great way to kill an afternoon. Looks like an old movie set, and has some really good restaurants as well. Try Merridee's Breadbasket (bakery/cafe), SOL (upscale Mexican/Latin American), or 55 South (Cajun/Creole). It's a fun place to shop or just walk around, and there's also a really cool historic theater that has been completely restored.

Truffles. The darker, the better.

Filet if I'm willing to spend, flank steak if I need something a little less expensive.

I almost always do something with chocolate and mint, although I'm not sure exactly what that will be this year. I also have a friend who requests every year that I make my pumpkin sandwich cookies with a cream cheese filling. My personal favorite is something with chocolate and peanut butter, so I'm sure a recipe with those ingredients in it will happen at some point.

macarons

Toss up between pecan pie and coconut cake. If it's summertime, throw peach cobbler with homemade ice cream into that mix.

Faith Hill. She's mentioned that she likes to cook, and she tends to cook Southern food, but with healthier twists. Plus she's a great mix of celebrity and down-to-earth mom, wife, Southern girl.

I buy from my local farmers' market as much as possible, particularly in the spring, summer, and fall....I also eat very little meat in general....for years now, I have been forgoing processed foods in favor of higher-quality (whether that means organic/local/all-natural/artisan/etc.) foods, even if it is higher in calories, more expensive, or harder to find. I'd rather occasionally eat a small amount of a real, high-quality ingredient/ food/ or meal than consistently eat a huge amount of something filled with preservatives, artificial colors, and ingredients I can't pronounce.

In soups and stews primarily...also baking them into muffins and breads.

Warm chocolate and banana crepes from a street vendor in Paris.

Ham, sharp cheddar, thinly sliced apples, with a smear of honey mustard, on crusty bread, pressed in a panini press.

Amy's in NY...favorite bakery in my hometown is a place called Merridee's Breadbasket...

Croissant French toast!