Vivian N. Hunter – Sullivan & Worcester LLP
"The worst meal I've ever had was egg salad made with Miracle Whip on a sandwich of white bread and American cheese, courtesy of my Southern grandmother."

Justin O’Brien – Dwyer & Collora, LLP
"The worst meal I ever had was the night my college dining hall hit rock bottom. To break from the usual chickwiches and tuna casserole, they tried to celebrate different cultures by serving a variety of lumpy grey meat dishes that were truly disgusting.  It didn't help that the management had hung giant pieces of dried meat from the ceiling for 'atmosphere.'  I still have nightmares about it."

Deborah S. Birnbach – Goodwin Procter LLP
"At the end of the day after a long deposition in Youngstown, Ohio, I went with an exhausted ensemble of witness and clients to a local cafe for dinner.  The best menu choice ended up being fruit salad, which looked and tasted like it was left over from breakfast the day before.  Not exactly the 'reward' one feels one deserves after such a day, and not the locale I would put in my top five dining cities, although I'm sure Youngstown has other fine attributes."

Aaron A. Arzu – Duane Morris LLP
"Despite having grown up in the Northeast (and lived for several years in Boston), I despise all seafood. Imagine my horror when, attending a dinner party in my honor (hosted by a very good friend), my hostess proudly revealed the main course – a tremendously vile fish stew (I was under the impression that fish heads and tails did not belong in such a dish!) which was served…ice cold.  I tried manfully to choke down the stew (made with my hostess's own two hands), when another friend exclaimed, rather loudly, 'But Aaron, I thought that you don’t like fish?'  Determined to be polite to the end (and to reassure the now-stricken hostess) I replied, 'I don’t like most fish, but this is really well prepared.' Alas, no good deed goes unpunished, as the hostess then proceeded to give me a rather large doggy bag (fishy bag?) to take home.  Suffice it to say that from then on, whenever we get together, we eat out!"

Jennifer A. Cardello – Foley Hoag LLP
"Sushi from one of those snack trucks in Boston."

John H. Chu – Chu, Ring & Hazel LLP
"My college roommates and I used to rotate the evening cooking duties. One day when it wasn't my turn, one roommate prepared a dish of calf's liver that had been sitting at the back of the fridge for several weeks. After one look/smell, all of us, but for the chef of the day, went out to McDonald's."

Jill Brenner Meixel – Donnelly, Conroy & Gelhaar, LLP
"I ordered what I anticipated would be a juicy, succulent cheeseburger.  To my disgust, a burger with a stretchy, yellow latex glove, disguised as cheese, appeared before me. The manager, desperate for me to forget this mishap, attempted to provide me and my guests with excessive amounts of free beer. A close second and third: a rubber band in my focaccia sandwich and a rock in my burrito.  (All at not-so-fine Boston eating establishments which most of you have probably frequented.)"

Joseph Halpern – Blue Cross and Blue Shield of MA, Inc.
"Eating falafel in the back of a bus in East Jerusalen."