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• As Checks Shrink, Restaurants Stretch Hours

  A growing number of local restaurateurs are seeking shelter from the economic storm by expanding their hours of service. Read More... Posted Oct 14 2008, 03:23 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Cooking and Cookbooks, Food, Restaurants, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends

• As Belts Tighten, Lobsters Shrink and Bar Menus Grow

  Many New York restaurants aren’t taking their success, or for that matter their survival, for granted. Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 09:46 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, New York City, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends

• Demand and Price Are Falling for Lobster

  This year fewer people are ordering lobster, driving down prices and making times harder for lobster fishermen already reeling from the high cost of fuel and bait. Read More... Posted Sep 02 2008, 12:22 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Seafood, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends, Lobsters, Fishing, Commercial, New England States (US)

• As Costs Keep Rising, Restaurateurs Find Creative Ways to Cope

  All across New York City, cooks, chefs and restaurateurs are devising ways to cope with the soaring costs of many of their basic ingredients. Read More... Posted Jun 03 2008, 11:10 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Restaurants, Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Economic Conditions and Trends

• Shortages Threaten Farmers’ Key Tool: Fertilizer

  Population growth, shrinking world grain stocks and a growing appetite for meat, particularly in the developing world, has collided with a shortage of fertilizer. Read More... Posted Apr 29 2008, 09:48 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, Economic Conditions and Trends, Environment, Corn, Biofuels, Fertilizer, Vietnam, Sachs, Jeffrey D, United Nations, Iowa, World Food Program

• Food Prices Rise, Farmers Respond

  Farmers say they intend to significantly cut corn acreage this year in favor of soybeans, which may help alleviate global shortages that have hit poor countries hard. Read More... Posted Apr 01 2008, 08:39 AM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Agriculture, Economic Conditions and Trends, Soybeans, Corn, Third World and Developing Countries

• Crown Heights: Trickle-Down Economics in the Dairy Section

  For a tutorial on the complex set of factors driving up the price of a quart of milk, a good person to talk to is Modesto Baez, a Dominican who is the proprietor of the Quisqueya Super Market. Read More... Posted Mar 15 2008, 07:50 PM by NYT > Dining & Wine Filed under: Prices (Fares, Fees and Rates), Milk, Economic Conditions and Trends, Crown Heights (NYC)