America's Tastes in Cooking, Wine, Travel, Entertaining

Bon Appetit tapped into the minds (and taste buds) of America to create the 10th Annual Readers' Survey, published in the March 2007 issue. The survey provides an inside glimpse at what Americans are eating, drinking, buying and thinking about food.

AMERICA'A SWEETHEART ... GIADA DE LAURENTIIS

* Favorite TV Chef: Giada de Laurentiis
* Cooking Teacher You Would Most Love To Spend A Week With: Giada de Laurentiis

WHEN IT COMES TO FOOD, CLASSICS PREVAILED
* Favorite Dessert: Creme Brulee
* Most Popular Weeknight Dinners: Pasta, Chicken, Salmon, Steak and Burgers

WHERE DOES YOUR FOOD COME FROM?

* 75% of respondents choose locally grown and produced foods
* 54% of respondents opt for organically produced foods

CHEERS! EVERYONE LOVES A DRINK

* Wine You Order When You're Trying Something New: New Zealand Pinot Noir
* Favorite Kind of Get-Together: Cocktails and Appetizers

DIET

* 68% of respondents said low-carb was a waning trend

TRAVEL

* Favorite U.S. City for Dining Out: San Francisco (has been the top city for the past 10 years)
* Best City To Go To For The Food: Barcelona
* Best Date City AND Most Romantic Foodie Getaway: Paris
* Travel Philosophy: Adventurous - you want to try lots of new dishes, and you're not afraid to experiment with unfamiliar foods.

IN THE KITCHEN

* Tool You Use The Most: Microwave
* Tool You Use The Least: Mortar and pestle
* 56% of respondents would replace their linens over everything else in their kitchen (7% would replace wineglasses; 14% would replace flatware; 16% would replace china)
* Biggest Challenge When Cooking During The Week: Finding New Twists on old favorites
* Biggest Challenge When Having People Over: Finding enough time to pull it all together
* Your Instant Party Strategy: Fire up the BBQ to grill meat or fish, and serve salad and bread on the side
* In Your Fridge: Milk, eggs, cheese, and occasionally homemade strawberry jam and good Champagne
* Amount of Time You're Willing to Spend Making A Special- Occasion Dessert: More than an hour
* Kitchen Skill You'd Like to Sharpen: Knife Techniques
* What's Your (deep, dark) Party Secret? Sometimes you like to show off The March issue of Bon Appetit hits newsstands nationwide February 13, 2007.

SOURCE Bon Appetit Magazine