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Airlines cook up fancier food options

http://www.usatoday.com/money/biztravel/2006-10-02-air-food-usat_x.htm

cook up：to make a meal quickly,often useing food that hhas beeen left from previous meal

fancier(54204): someone who breeds and is intersted in a paticular kind of animal or plant

Big airlines are giving premier customers better food, more choices and fancier presentation.
American (AMR), Northwest and Delta in recent months have upgraded first- and business-class food service after years of slashing costs.

"We assessed where we cut a little too much (after 9/11), and we're reinvesting," says Lauri Curtis, who runs American's onboard service. Among the upgrades: the return of metal cutlery and salt and pepper shakers.

Delta this year hired celebrity chef Michelle Bernstein to create "a more inviting and entertaining experience" for international premium-class fliers.

Big airlines are beginning to make money again and that has allowed changes, Curtis says.