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Each one of us has one. A razor-sharp, enduring memory of that one unforgettable meal. The food was amazing. The company, ideal. Or maybe it was the setting that clinched it.

Master chefs are no different than we are in that regard. Though they devote their life’s work to creating that One Meal for others, they have had their own transformative experience at the table.

Taste test this story from Zester Daily. In a creative series entitled “Meals That Made Them,” co-authors  Ruth Tobias and Louisa Kasdon bring us Russell House Tavern chef Michael Scelfo’s account of the singular, memorable meal that changed his life. He was young, in love and…lost on the Left Bank, as it turns out. Sounds like fate.

Read Michael Scelfo goes to Paris, and be sure not to miss his recipe for Duck Confit with Ginger and Anise. Scelfo offers it in honor of the extraordinary meal he had a mere twelve years ago.

Does his story take you back in place and time? Share with us your most memorable meal!