First, I'd apologize for all the dirty blond dead hookers. There's really no excuse.
I'd want to pay for the last meal myself, to be honest, because as liberal as I am I don't believe in wasteful spending. I'd start out with a
calamari salad and a light pinot grigio. Second course would be
halibut and sweet potato chowder, with tweaks I've made to create my own recipe. I was thinking cioppino for the main course, but that's too obvious. No, the main course would be eel matelote and grilled foie gras with a grand cru burgundy. For dessert, I think apple ganache bonbons in Scotch Bonnet caramel would wrap things up perfectly.
Do I think last meals are a good idea? That's not easy to answer. I abhor the death penalty, and I can't believe that the US still is involved in such a barbaric, vengeful practice of injustice, but following the spirit of the death penalty, an exorbitant last meal doesn't make sense. If they're such bad people we need to actually kill them, why bother giving them a wonderful and delicious meal on the eve of their horrifying punishment? It doesn't follow in the spirit of the punishment. If we're going to have a death penalty, there should be no last meal. There should be a fair appeal process, but nothing more.