out of touch?
Dec. 10th, 2008 12:07 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
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 . . .
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Date: 2008-12-10 07:46 pm (UTC)Love, C. Who is so pleased she can cook, and who walks many blocks in order to be able to purchase fresh produce lots that she can afford. The same vegetables cost 3 times as much at the local supermarket than in Chinatown.
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Date: 2008-12-10 08:55 pm (UTC)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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Date: 2008-12-10 10:47 pm (UTC)