"Best meal I've ever made"--what's yours?

[Jenise]

Just looked at the recipe link Shel posted. And of course, you're right and it's not hard to be where me and desserts are concerned, but this is particularly vile.

I always thought of it as small meringues on creme anglaise, sort of harmless

I made a few good dinners; the one that stands out:

Blinis with creme fraiche, smoked salmon and sevruga caviar (Bon Appettit recipe)
Wild mushroom vol-au vents (my mother used to make those with chicken, I substituted wild mushrooms)
Seared sea scallop on avocado puree and potato latke (an old Gourmet recipe from the late 80s)
Halibut with parsnip puree, spinach and saffron vanilla sauce (from the French Laundry cookbook, was supposed to be with black sea-bass)
Mint jasmine pots de creme (Bouchon cookbook)

I don't think I had another dinner part after that one, it was hard to replicate.

Lovely menu, Jacques.

My favorite restaurant used to be La Caravelle in New York. It closed on May 12, 2004, after 43 years in business. A sad day for me.

But when I used to dine there regularly, I would occasionally fall in love with a sauce and attempt to make it at home, over and over, until I liked it as well as that at the restaurant. I made veal calvados (cream sauce) beautifully. I can taste it now. But, alas, I do not cook French cuisine anymore in order to preserve my coronary arteries. My wife insists on New American, which she cooks, and I am relegated to chief vegetable chopper and dish washer.

Carrie,

Definitely have to precook the potatoes. I boil them in salted water about 6 - 7 minutes, let them cool enough to handle, cut them in half lengthwise, put them in a baggie with some EVOO and salt for awhile. They don't take long to grill, so I wait until a few minutes before I want to serve, then put them cut side down on the grill for about 2 - 3 minutes, finally turn them over for another minute. Tasty after dripping on the vinaigrette. Yum!!