He poured me a glass of Le Baccanti, an Apulian Primitivo, which was just dry enough to complement rather than overwhelm the dishes coming at me at the rate of roughly one per every half-eaten plate.

FORBES: Travel

To foodies, of course, the plate is always half-empty, but in this case they may have a point.

ECONOMIST: Chinese food

We found out later that Arthur McKechnie mostly just got dressed up in his odd clothes and sat alone in a Chinese restaurant with a half bottle of white wine and a plate of crispy fried duck.

NEWYORKER: Something Like Happy

They will be very thin, so fold them in half and layer them onto a warm dinner plate.

CNN: Food Central: Swedish pancakes with warm blueberry sauce

O'Gara cut the gap with a fourth penalty with 12 minutes to go and the Ireland fly-half's trusty boot put the ball on a plate for Tuitupou in the final seconds.

BBC: London Irish 23-17 Munster

Three and a half miles high, with no evidence of folding, faulting, or plate tectonics, it was like nothing on Earth.

NEWYORKER: The Martian Chroniclers