Chef Jamie Oliver would make a big bowl of spaghetti chased with rice pudding his last meal. Gordon Ramsey, host of Hell's Kitchen, picks roast beef. Laurent Tourondel, of BLT Steak, says he'd choose a tuna sandwich with bacon, a Krispy Kreme doughnut, and a Corona. It's a toss-up for Lydia Shire, of Boston's Locke-Ober, who would order either steak or lobster chowder.

Fifty chefs share their last-meal cravings in photographer Melanie Dunea's book My Last Supper. Dunea, who asks these culinary greats what they'd do for their last meal, also photographed her subjects in a way that sums up their choices -- Tourondel is caught red-handed reaching for a glazed doughnut and Shire poses with a giant lobster.

It's not often a topic most of us consider -- what we'd eat for our own last supper -- but apparently it's a constant discussion among chefs who chat about food late at night over drinks as they get at some essential truth about one another.

What does a hot dog say about someone? Or fried chicken, a Coke, a scrambled egg, a cheeseburger, a steak? Perhaps it says that these trendy, sophisticated kitchen types who chose these items are pretty simple when all is said and done. Aren't we all? Food isn't just about taste, after all. It's also about memories and our longings for the sensations of when we felt happiest or most loved.

So, tell us: What would be your last meal?

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One of the worst things I can do is turn on the Food Network. Whatever they are cooking cannot compare to the tasteless salad I just choked down, and I find myself insatiably craving whatever they're making. The worst is Giada De Laurentiis' Everyday Italian. If I could eat her food every day, I would.

Do you like cooking shows too? If so, perhaps the change in your life that will finally allow you to drop those final pounds is the switch the shows you watch. Turn off Emeril and Paula Deen and turn on a more calorie-conscious celebrity chef like Ellie Krieger or Calorie Commando with Juan Carlos Cruz. Better yet? Watch those Weight-loss programs on the lifestyle channels. They always inspire me to get off the couch and get to the gym

What's your favourite get-healthy show?

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