What's on the Menu for Paris?

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It's time for Paris Hilton to chow down.

Ms. Hilton has a lot to think about now that she's a free bird, so the last thing she should have to worry about is deciding what to eat. Just in case she can't make up her mind—and just in case she's lost some weight behind bars—I've asked several restaurant chefs and owners what they'd cook up for the out-of-the-pokey princess.

Despite Hilton telling my E! pal Ryan Seacrest that she didn't lose any weight while doing time, everyone still seemed to worry that she'd sashay out of the Century Regional Detention Facility skinnier than ever.

"Besides being unappetizing, I imagine that prison food is pretty grim nutritionally," said Ivy Stark, executive chef of Amalia in New York City. "I would like to grill a nice piece of organic salmon for her with lots of fresh vegetables. Some whole-grain bread with olive oil, and finish it all with a big bowl of fresh berries with yogurt."

Las Vegas-based Brian Massie has helped prepare meals for Hilton countless times during her trips to Sin City. He's the Light Group's executive chef and oversees celeb-favorite restaurants Fix at the Bellagio and Stack at the Mirage.

"I’d like to give her some of our down-home, home-style dishes, things that will remind her of being a kid," Massie said.

Make that a kid with a twist. Massie's Very Adult Fried Mac & Cheese is based on his grandmother's classic casserole-style recipe with bread crumbs, but he adds prosciutto and truffle oil. "When Paris comes in, she likes to have those fun, playful dishes," Massie said.

Comfort food is also the top choice for Alfredo Diaz, owner of Eat Well-Beverly and Eat Well-Silverlake in Los Angeles. "If she needs to put some meat on her bones, we have the country fried chicken with eggs and biscuits and gravy," Diaz said.

But if for some reason former inmate 9818783 misses jail, Diaz joked that she could be reminded of all that drama with his concoction of eggs, rice, beans, sausage and cheddar cheese, aptly named the Big Mess.

Perhaps Hilton, who apparently turned to religion to help her get through her time in the slammer, may want to look to another spiritual-seeking pop icon like Madonna for some dietary inspiration. Joey Allaham, owner of the Prime Grill kosher restaurant in Beverly Hills, suggested the Prime Black Angus filet.

"If kosher beef works for the once wild child turned spiritual Madonna, perhaps by channeling the original Material Girl and feasting on our kosher steak, Paris will feel not only fed but enlightened, as well," Allaham said.

Hilton also told Seacrest and Barbara Walters that her new life will include more charitable work. One of her favorite causes, she has said in the past, is animal rights. Johnny Itliong, chef at Tengu in Santa Monica, said he has the ideal dish: his jalapeno-miso marinated Chilean sea bass on sake-fired garlic sprouts.

"Tengu's sea bass is only purchased from licensed Chilean farmers, so Paris will be supporting animal rights, while revisiting her favorite pastime—luxurious indulgence," Itliong said.

The world's most famous celebrity chef, Wolfgang Puck, said Paris should keep just it simple. "I'd make her a big bowl of pasta," Puck said, "So she could get her energy back."

—Additional reporting by Matt Donnelly 

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