Food is all a lot of us have. When every day is the same grey and joyless stretch of monotony , you have to appreciate the few aspects of it that we can control to the point of being enjoyable. Eating meals falls into that category. If I have to eat to live, and I have the option of really, really indulging, that's what I'm gonna do. While most of that involves cooking recipes I find on, say, Bon Appetit , sometimes that means spending my well-earned bucks on trying new restaurants. Sometimes I…