The amount spent on a typical Christmas dinner fell even faster – down by 2.2% – mainly due to cheaper poultry and traditional vegetable trimmings".
One that did lower one of its prices last week was the Clam Shack in Kennebunkport, a tourist-clogged mecca where a no-frills lobster dinner fell to $9.99 from $11.99; the price last year was $14.99.
I know that it would have been easier for my parents to keep on with the party preparations instead of pausing for a toast, or to let a structured family dinner fall by the wayside in favor of other obligations.
Her writing leaves a vivid impression that once the financial wizards get their way, nobody is safe, from the young college grad next door drowning in debt owed to predatory lenders to the child halfway around the world whose dinner fell victim to commodities speculation.
I didn't plan it this way, but my holiday dinner this year falls easily within the Houghton Mifflin top 10.
If Harper is responsible for the "recipe" of a Cascadian Farm TV dinner, it falls to Marv Shelby, the company's vice president for operations, to get the meal "cooked".
I recognized Desirée Rogers sitting a few rows away, but a former White House official who resigned under pressure after a State Dinner fiasco falls into an altogether different category of fame.
Employment in theater companies and dinner theaters fell by about 90percentt in Los Angeles, to just about 1,500 jobs in 2006.
Each night when I saunter through the door and start a pot of water for the adult dinner, I fall deeper in debt to her.
