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Dining Out and Cooking in - The New York Times in 60 Seconds

by Marisa McClellan, Posted Dec 10th 2008 @ 1:31PM

Frank Bruni chronicles five meals he recently had in which he and a companion ate at least three courses for $100 or less. I'm in love with the description of a baked cauliflower dish as "promiscuously cheesy and hammy."
Ordering wine from the bottom of the list.
Lobster prices are lower than they've been in years (mostly due to the closure of Canadian processing plants) and so Melissa Clark prepares lobster a three ways to celebrate the discount prices.
Persimmons are something of a mystery to many home cooks, so Harold McGee sets out to unravel their mysteries and make up two lovely steamed pudding out of them.
The economy has led many folks to give up the restaurant habit and eat at home. Marian Burros talks with several people who have revamped the ways that they eat.
Corton gets the Frank Bruni treatment and comes away with three stars.
The Minimalist makes sorbet using nothing more than frozen fruit, a few ingredients and his food processor.