There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
—Robert Louis Stevenson
My Mom’s Dinner Menu
Before-Dinner Drink: Peter Kortner’s and The Martini Brothers’ Perfect Martini
Wolfgang Puck’s Salmon Coulibiac
The Tornabenes’ Buccatini with Cauliflower, Pine Nuts, Currants, Anchovies, and Saffron
Solferino’s Steak with Truffle Cream Sauce
My Almost-Made-Up Fava Bean Puree
Nancy Silverton’s and Abby Levine’s French Boule and Challah
Romanée-Conti’s Greatest Red Wine: La Tâche
Smoothest White Wine There Is: Bâtard-Montrachet
Burgundian Store-Bought Cheese: Époisses
Martha Stewart’s Tarte Tatin