Debbie Arnold Profile

Favorite Cookbooks

Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking (Marcella Hazan)

Joy of Cooking (Rombauer and Becker)

The French Laundry Cookbook (Thomas Keller)

How to Cook (Della Smith)

Nobu the Cookbook (Nobuyuki Matsuhisa)

Savannah Seasons (Elizabeth Terry)

The Practical Encyclopedia of Mexican Cooking (Jane Milton)

Lazy Days and Beach Blankets (Helen Ridge, editor)

The Perfect Scoop (David Lebovitz)

Chez Panisse Cafe Cookbook (Alic Waters)

Chez Panisse Fruit (Alice Waters)

Southern Living Comfort Food (Julie Gunter, editor)

The Ultimate Southern Living Cookbook (Julie Gunter, editor)

The Pioneer Woman Cooks (Ree Drummond)

Sister Schubert: Cast Your Bread Upon the Waters (Patricia Schubert Barnes)

Barefoot Contessa: Back to Basics (Ina Garten)

Bobby Flay's Burgers, Fries and Shakes (Bobby Flay)

Canyon Ranch Cooks (Barry Correia and Scott Uehlei)

Long Weekends (Lee Bailey)

Passionate Vegetarian (Crescent Dragonwagon)

Neiman Marcus Cookbook (Kevin Garvin)

Tribeca Grill Cookbook (Don Pintabona)

Tribeca Grill Cookbook (Don Pintabona)

Maida Heatter's Book of Great Chocolate Desserts (Maida Heatter)

Southern Sideboards (Junior League of Jackson, MS)

Calico Cupboards (Junior Auxiliary of Benton, AR)

Praise and Graze (First Baptist, Benton, AR)

Cotton Country Collection (Junior Leage of Monroe, LA)

Rao's Cookbook (Frank Pellegrino)

Mastering the Art of French Cooking (of course!) (Julia Child and Simone Beck)

Restaurants I Recommend

Aquavit (New York City, NY)

Fantastic!

McClard's Barbeque (Hot Springs, AR)

Best barbeque in Arkansas

James at the Mill (Johnson, AR)

Beautiful restaurant with great food.

Caper's (Little Rock, AR)

Consistently good.

1620 (Little Rock, AR)

Taco Mama (really) (Hot Springs, AR)

Not your typical Mexican restaurant - so good!

Trattoria Ca' d'Oro (Venice, Italy)

Locanda dell' Amorosa (Sinalunga, Italy)

phenomenal place with fantastic wine selection

Boulevard (San Francisco, CA)

Mansion at Turtle Creek (Dallas, TX)

K Paul's Louisiana Kitchen (New Orleans, LA)

Chez Panisse (Oakland, CA)

Sushi Ko (Washington DC)

Eatzi's Market and Bakery (Dalla, TX)

La Super Rica (Santa Barbara, CA)

Amazingly good and cheap!

Beach House (Koloa, HI)

Wahso (Park City, UT)

Glitretind (Deer Valley, UT)

Winona's (Steamboat Springs, CO)

Fish Out of Water (Grayton Beach, FL)

Cafe Thirty A (Seaside, FL)

City Grocery (Oxford, MS)

Doe's (Little Rock, AR)

Doe's (Greenville, MS)