I am having trouble identifying one as best. But made gumbo one year for Christmas that can only be described as perfect. My foodie lawyer brother in law said best he had ever eaten, and our family is mostly from New Orleans so all of us have had good gumbo. That meal, with gumbo, red beans & rice, is up there.

Restaurants-wise, there was a Peruvian place a chef opened a couple of towns south of us, and everything he cooked was ridiculously delicious, out of this world. We went there like ten years ago, and still talk about it. Even the house made salad dressing was one of the best tasting foods I’ve eaten. It closed, we can’t find the chef. We had salad, a chicken dish, tuna, and bananas foster.