By Bon Appétit Contributor / August 10, 2023 / Bon Appétit

How a 38-Year-Old Attorney Eats on $330,000 in Dallas

She celebrates her birthday with steak and martinis, grills gochujang burgers and lamb skewers, and makes negronis and carajillos.

Welcome to The Receipt, a series documenting how Bon Appétit readers eat and what they spend doing it. Each food diary follows one anonymous reader’s week of expenses related to groceries, restaurant meals, coffee runs, and every bite in between. In this time of rising food costs, The Receipt reveals how folks—from different cities, with different incomes, on different schedules—are figuring out their food budgets.

In today’s Receipt, a 38-year-old attorney celebrates her birthday with steak and martinis, grills gochujang burgers and lamb skewers, and makes negronis and carajillos. She lives in Dallas, Texas. Keep reading for her receipts.