var items = new Array (new ImageMetaData('Glenn Marino Gomez, a butcher and broiler at Ben Benson\'s Steakhouse, grills buffalo rib steak on Tuesday, May 6, 2008 in New York.  Wholesale costs of prime beef have shot up 50 percent in the last year, forcing the 36-year-old establishment to raise the price of its signature 18-ounce sirloin steak from $40 to $46, and add new menu items like buffalo, boar and elk to help offset the increases. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)','http://msnbcmedia.msn.com/i/msnbc/Components/Photo_StoryLevel/080506/080506-businessLife-hmed-3p.jpg','6:02 p.m. ET, 5/6/08','Mark Lennihan / AP','AP',24490734));