Fare to remember
Four mind-blowing meals to close out 2009.
Published: December 16, 2009

You spent most of this year fearfully hoarding your greenbacks like a squirrel hiding nuts. Good for you, responsible citizen; but now, with the recession nearly as done as 2009, it’s time to live a little. Here’s how: Eat. Eat a meal that’s so good, so memorable, so damn perfect that you don’t know how you’ll survive the next day without doing it all over again. Don’t know where to go? We’ve appointed four very different meals that will end this rough year—and the entire decade—on a high note.
![]() Thai |
![]() Creative-Cuisine |
![]() Decadent |
![]() Seasonal |









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