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realthog ([personal profile] realthog) wrote2008-12-10 12:07 pm
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out of touch?


Could someone please hint to the writers at the New York Times's "Dining & Wine" section that there's an economic recession under way? Here's from the e-headlines today:

Great Meals for Two, Under $100 (It's Possible)
By FRANK BRUNI
Getting food of some distinction in full-service restaurants and staying below $99 isn't too easy, but it can be done.

Y'know, I've been lying awake at nights preoccupied with the difficulties of finding a decent restaurant meal for under a hundred bucks. Oh dearie, dearie me. Where to turn? And now at last, thanks to those doughty folks at the NYT, I've found a few pointers . . .

[identity profile] realthog.livejournal.com 2008-12-10 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)

It's sort of like going to a soup kitchen and handing out $5-Off coupons for caviar, isn't it?
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[identity profile] quilterbear.livejournal.com 2008-12-10 10:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Excellent example.