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DEVO sues McDonald's over Happy Meal--toy likeness. McWhip...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Pop Chart | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

...little freaked out trying to come up with--at my editor's request--a recession-gourmet meal for four people for around $10. And Colicchio is not mistaken: the average retail price of a 5-lb. (2.3 kg) bag of flour has jumped 34% from last July, according to the American Farm Bureau Federation. The costs of other staples like eggs and cheddar cheese have also gone way up. And since Americans have been spending about 10% of their income on food for the past 25 years or so, rising prices do not mean people are eating less--they...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gourmet Family Meal for $10? | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

Colicchio has the same instincts as most consumers. In fact, when I asked a bunch of famous chefs to come up with a family meal for around $10, almost all of them gave me recipes for chicken or pasta. I had expected them to load up on organ meats or weird cuts people only eat in other countries. But Colicchio is in deep contemplation over a London broil steak for $6.75. Ham is too expensive, as are asparagus, fresh fish and even (when I bring them to him giggling) cow's feet. Instead, Colicchio considers first a beef stew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Gourmet Family Meal for $10? | 7/3/2008 | See Source »

What better role model could you ask for than this? And how do you put a price on the opportunity to spend nearly three hours in his company? Well, two days after our meal, the auction closed on eBay for next year's lunch with Buffett. The winner, a Chinese money manager named Zhao Danyang, bid $2.1 million. So, that proves it: our $650,100 lunch was a total bargain...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: My $650,100 Lunch with Warren Buffett | 6/30/2008 | See Source »

...criminal irrationality). They are also greatly enhanced by the firm, but casually stated, French respect for life's realities. A drama like Tell No One takes place against a background in which ordinary people walk their dogs, take their children to play in the park or share a casual meal - and are utterly astonished when the police sirens sound and desperate characters rush by waving guns...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tell No One: That French Mystique | 6/26/2008 | See Source »

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