Babbette. She won the lottery and spent it all to cook one meal.
10,000 francs in 1885 is something like $60,000 today. I absolutely have to find out what kind of meal a year’s salary can buy me. (And in 1885, that was probably more like the lifetime earnings of an average worker!) Break out the Clos de Vougeot!
Matthew McConaughey’s character from “How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days.” That rack of lamb he made Kate Hudson for their first date looked amazing, I’d love to see a recipe for that.
So I’ll have to go with my third choice, the Italian/Irish restaurant run by Carroll O’Connor and Robert Loggia in “Return To Me.” I have eaten at the real restaurant where it was filmed, and always wished I could “step through” to the movie version.
Sophie Bernstein at Langer’s Bakery in Wedding Girl by Stacey Ballis. Half the book (the best part) is descriptions of the desserts and breads she bakes.