Believe it or not, you can find real food bargains at these discount retailers, which usually have “gourmet” aisles tucked somewhere in th...

Because we have a mixed marriage—half vegetarian, half carnivore—we’re always looking for ways to share a meal without necessarily sharing p...

In the comments for Never Waste a Flavor: Homemade Stock , simplesavvy raises the question of whether to add canned-vegetable juice to st...

Whether they’re based on meat, poultry, or just vegetables, boxed and canned stocks can really add to your food bill, particularly if you’re...

In addition to our local wine dealer, who clues us in on cheap-and-tasty bottles in his store, we sometimes buy wine online. But even if yo...

Ethnic grocery stores are underutilized gems that make it much easier for us to eat well and cheap. Our local Asian, Indian, and Hispan...

There’s no need to fork out money for those prepared chips, nuts, and noshes! With a tiny bit of forethought and only a few extra minutes, y...

In February we spent a week in Mexico, determined to relax, soak up the warm shade, swim, read, and eat cheap. One evening we had dinner at...

Years ago it was much easier to find rich, bargain whites in the wine store than it was to find reds that tasted good in the mouth and felt ...

Canned chipotle peppers—smoked jalapeños—are great, but really, it’s the surrounding sauce we love best: made from tomatoes, it’s rich and ...

Not to get all consumerist and Oprah, but a few tools make cooking much, much easier: We first got one of these mini-whisks as a gift, and i...

It seems that despite all our efforts to avoid waste, we always have a heel or three of stale bread lying around. So we let it get really dr...

Almost every Friday night for years, we would meet our friends Kevin and Cynthia at a local restaurant. For a while, we favored a funky road...