Published: September 01. 2010 2:00AM

Most of us are not at a loss when it comes to naming a few favorite foods. We can easily tell you that we like a certain cereal for breakfast, pimiento cheese the way our mother made it, a particular entrée at a beloved restaurant on special occasions and, of course, a very nice dessert is always welcome. So while it's not hard to rattle off a list of some great foods, it is quite difficult to name our MOST favorite food of all. We decided to go to our ever-helpful contributors for an answer on this one, and as usual they did not disappoint when asked: “What's the best thing you ever ate?”

Dan Byers, Automotive Contributor

“Pancakes my parents let me make. To a kid, nothing says trust quite like a hot skillet.”

Stephanie Morgan, Contributing Writer

“A lobster dinner in Iceland with my husband. We were expecting our second child and our luggage was somewhere between Charlotte and Boston. Fresh and delicious lobster made our trip well worth it.”

Sybil Davis, Etiquette Contributor

“My favorite food memory is from my dining experience at The French Laundry restaurant in California. I had the chef's tasting menu and one course featured white truffles. They were wonderfully aromatic and simply divine.”

Kondria Woods, Contributing Writer

“Sugar cookies from scratch and getting to use my mom’s rolling pin!”

Stephanie Trotter, Contributing Writer

“Tamales con salsa verde y roja on Christmas Eve. It means I’m home with my family in Texas.”

Danny Baker, Wine Contributor

“It was on Oct. 5, 2005. Nine-course chef’s tasting menu at The French Laundry in Napa. Great food, wine and friends!”

Ashley Warlick, Book Reviewer

“My father’s strawberries. He had farms in York County when I was a little girl, and I’ve never again tasted anything so sweet.”

Janet Poleski, Food Contributor

“When we were little, my father always wanted us to appreciate fine food and to practice our good table manners, so one summer we were in Charleston at a ‘fancy’ restaurant dining on incredible lobster and artichokes. Afterwards, a white-gloved waiter brought fingerbowls, and my cousin, who was visiting, DRANK his! I don't know what was better, the food or the laughs!”

Josh Norris, Photographer

“The meal I had on my first visit to Chai's lounge in Charleston ... the duck confit and creme brulee have now become a tradition.”

Leslie Provence, Social Contributor

“Anything my mother taught me to bake. She was a great baker. We would spend time in the kitchen together baking, decorating cookies, making candies and talking about everything under the sun. I don’t bake one cake or batch of cookies now without remembering how wonderful that was.”

Renata Parker, Destinations and Dining Out Contributor

“Pretending to have a restaurant when I was 8. Renata's Restaurant had a logo, a menu and a really cute uniform.”