Only listing a few post titles in a catagory..?

“><?php the_title(); ?>
This line is correct?

It’s just because people never learn how to post code ??

it is supposed to be
<li><a>"><?php the_title(); ?></a></li>

Edit. Though it doesn’t make sense even in this way.

<div class="cat-title">food & nutrition:</div>
<ul>
<?php $posts = get_posts('category=2');
foreach($posts as $post) : ?>
<li><a href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>">
<?php the_title(); ?></a></li>
<?php endforeach; ?>
</ul>

I hope that helps.. when posting code.. do I have to put each line between the ` ?

No, just don’t have a blank line in the code – blank lines break the effect of the backticks.

Yet no thoughts on how to get this code to list more then 5 results… ?

MEanwhile you were waiting here for an answer you could read as well the codex: Template_Tags/get_posts.