The cooks have voted. The LA Times best recipes of 2001 have been chosen. The Grilled Halibut With Indian-Spiced Cauliflower Puree sounds delicious!

Joe Morgenstern of the WSJ also published his 10 best movies and runners-up lists for 2001. I am listing them here for my reference when I want to watch a video but can't think of anything I want to see.

• In the Bedroom
• Gosford Park
• Monsters, Inc.
• Shrek
• The Lord of the Rings
• Ghost World
• Amélie
• Amores Perros (I'm not sure I could stomach the dog fighting, though.)
• In the Mood for Love
• The Deep End

The runners-up:

• Memento
• Lantana
• Together
• Divided We Fall
• No Man's Land
• Legally Blonde
• The Dish
• Startup.Com
• The Devil's Backbone
• Fat Girl
• Our Song
• With a Friend Like Harry
• Last Resort
• The Road Home
• The Princess and the Warrior
• The Circle
• The Taste of Others
• Happy Accidents