I was an early adopter of bulk shopping. When Costco came to my neighborhood, I immediately changed how I shopped, and when the local restaurant supply house started letting the general public purchase, no one was more excited than I. Buying in bulk is a shockingly great way to save money and to reduce the frequency of shopping trips for […]
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Every day in 2020 seems like a new set of rules and challenges, right? As we slowly and carefully consider how to see loved ones during a pandemic, we’re faced with important choices: When to have people over, and how? As a couple that works from home, my husband and I have always loved to see people on a regular—and […]
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When you shop Costco as much as I do, you like to think that you are in the know. You know which days are best for easy shopping and which times of day help you avoid the crowds. You know to check the unit or ounce price when comparing items and not just the total price. RELATED: Exactly What to […]
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Have you ever wished you could cook something crispy in your Instant Pot without having to transfer it to the oven? You know, the one major thing that would make it a true, can-do-it-all appliance? True story: That grievance is the exact reason the people at SharkNinja created the Ninja Foodi, a pressure cooker-air fryer hybrid. The Ninja Foodi is […]
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I love Waffle House. I love that it is open 24 hours. I love that, no matter where you go, you can be assured that the menu will be the same. I love that you really have to work hard to spend $20 on breakfast for two, and that during natural disasters FEMA uses the Waffle House as a scale of how bad […]
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Dried beans are one of those pantry staples that I didn’t think much about until recently. If there was a choice between bags of beans at the store, I would go with the cheapest one. I figured that dried beans are dried beans, right? How much different could they taste? But then I read an article in The New Yorker about Rancho Gordo, a company that […]
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