Goya to the world! Cheap cooking tricks
For my (rather limited) money, the best trick for beating back the rising cost of groceries is maxing out on…
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How to survive as a SAHG (stay-at-home-girlfriend)
I was actually the third of my female friends living with her boyfriend to lose a job, and all of…
Make vs. Buy: our fiscal guide to your fridge
Let us, for a moment, set aside the fact that if you’re a decent cook and you have decent ingredients,…
Thomas Keller’s surprising money-saving cooking tip
Brooklyn foodies are praying Thomas Keller is serious about opening a Bouchon Brooklyn, which reminds me of a cooking tip…
Join a CSA so you don’t miss a beet
Ah, CSA season once again: overflowing boxes of mystery farm-freshness, that connected-to-the-earth feeling and giant zucchinis up the wazoo. Last…
Adventures in outdoor meat drying
I have the utmost respect for my predominantly Chinese neighbors in the minimally gentrified nook of Sunset Park that I…
The $15-a-week crockpot diet
How a writer, tutor and Crown Heights resident balance his all-important drinking/music/movie habit with the need for food, by eating…
$10 pork butt to feast for a dozen
We’re in the thick of barbecue season, which means if you’ve got a patch of earth, deck or roofing tar…
How to shop the Mexican grocery aisles
With salsa long the number one condiment in the U.S., the border between Mexican and American grocery stores is not…
How I spent just $8,000 last year
I never really decided to spend only $8,000 in one year—it just sort of happened. I didn’t even realize the…