Even though I’m a work in progress in the kitchen, I live for food and new culinary experiences. I’m always on the hunt to find the perfect bite. In fact, I love dining out so much that I’ve started compiling a “restaurant bucket list”. Forget jumping out of planes…

A few of my top picks:

1. The Barn at Blackberry Farm Walland, TN (a top hotel for food lovers)

2. Sierra Mar at The Post Ranch Inn Big Sur, CA (these views look breathtaking)

3. The Redwoods Treehouse New Zealand (Wowza)

4. Trollwall Restaurant Norway (Wow.)

5. Ithaa Undersea Restaurant Maldives (just to say you’ve eaten fish under a school of fish?)

6. Ma Cocotte Paris (casual restaurant with an industrial loft feel. Le WC- tres chic!)

7. Restaurant De Kas Amsterdam (a vegetarian’s dream: eating in a greenhouse. The menu is based on the harvest of their own nursery).

8. Les Trois Saveurs Marrakech (literal translation: The Three Flavors: French, Moroccan, Asian– sign me up!)

9. The Summer Cave Puglia, Italy (I will go here with John one day. I repeat: I will go here with John one day.)

10. French Blue Napa, CA (I have no excuse not to eat here soon as it’s in my backyard.)