Thomas Keller (born October 14, 1955) is an American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer. He and his landmark restaurant, The French Laundry in Yountville, California, in the Napa Valley, have won multiple awards from the James Beard Foundation, notably the Best California Chef in 1996 and the Best Chef in America in 1997, and the restaurant is a perennial winner or top 4 finisher in the annual Restaurant Magazine list of the Top 50 Restaurants of the World. In 2005, he was awarded the highest, three star rating in the inaugural Michelin Guide for New York for his restaurant per se, and in 2006, he was awarded three stars in the inaugural Michelin Guide to the Bay Area for his restaurant The French Laundry, making him one of only two chefs in the world with two simultaneous three-star restaurants.

In Napa CA., the French Laundry restaurant is booked sometimes two months in advance, making it frustrating for anyone dying to eat there. It just received two stars from the Michelin Guide, so those reservations will be even harder to come by. The trick is to keep calling and get on their email wait list hoping for a cancellation notice.

Girlie Zac told J-14 magazine about his displeasure about french kiss:"I've never experienced a washing-machine kiss, but I've heard about them. When girls rotate their tongues around your mouth like a washing-machine, that's gross."Guess Vanessa Hudgens has never got her laundry service done then.

$1,495,000SqFt: 1,874RemarksCHARMING 2 STORY SHINGLED HOME DOWN A PRIVATE DRIVE. LR W/BAY WINDOW & MARBLE FP. LARGE DINING AREA. UPDATED EAT-IN KITCHEN W/GRANITE. STUDY W/BAY WINDOW. FRENCH DOORS, HW FLOORS. LARGE YARD W/DECK & HOT TUB. IN-UNIT LAUNDRY.

Says one chef, "...I'd like to feast on the thin as air fettuccine I once had at the French Laundry dressed with nothing but butter and loads of shaved truffles, followed by a huge portion of toro..."

Palate fatigue is a dinner for those who like to date - lots of the discovery of the new, none of the depth that you get in a long-term relationship. Personally, I prefer marriage over dating any day.