Recipes are written in a language all their own, leading amateur cooks to confuse a pinch for a dash or forget that the chef's word for "water" is "salt." Trust a native speaker with today’s Groupon: for $99, you get a 10-course meal for up to two from Wolf Cuisine, delivered to homes in the greater Los Angeles area on a Thursday, Friday, Saturday, or major holiday (a $200 value).

Wolf Cuisine's expert chef Phillip Lee lovingly crafts 10 gourmet courses to be whisked to private dwellings and feed one or two diners. Either Lee himself or one of his sous-chef protégés delivers each culinary creation. Delicate courses populate a menu that rotates monthly, spotlighting seasonal dishes such as the November selection's baby-veggie tostada rife with tomato, squash, eggplant, and miniature Pilgrims, and a dry-aged new york steak reclining atop peruvian potatoes and asparagus. Chefs pre-plate each dish and, just like the stork, send deliveries with whimsical instructions on how to add the final garnishes and sauces.