How to eat local when you’re not a local
This is something I’ve been struggling with in attempt to be an ethical tourist.
Category: shopping
Where’s the nearest grocery store?
There have been a lot of people starting new jobs in my office lately, and a common question they all have is where the nearest grocery store is.
Can all of the pink in the grocery store go away now?
I did a dumb thing this week. I’ve been taking Emergen-C since everyone around me is sick, and without thinking I bought a pink box of the stuff.
Showing some Mint love
I’ve been using Mint to track my expenses for almost a year and a half now.
cubegourmet
12/20/2008
shopping
budget, frugal, money
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What Makes a Cheesecake? A serious question
I was trying to decide between making a cheesecake or making a pie for Thanksgiving.
- cubegourmet
- 11/30/2008
- shopping
- healthy, homemade
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Dining local!
I’m all for making your own food, especially lately as I watch my retirement savings go into daily freefall, but once in a while one needs to dine out. We’ve been making an effort in the past few months to only dine out at places that are locally owned – no chains – so our [...]
Buying local is a little easier
We’ve been going out of our way to go to the Farmer’s Market in Reston for quite a while. This market seems to be one of the very few around here to offer meat – they regularly have grass-fed buffalo, lamb, pork, and sometimes a woman who makes homemade lamb stews. They even have [...]
- cubegourmet
- 09/20/2008
- shopping
- bread, shopping
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It’s pantry week!
Since I paid $4.90/gallon to fill up my diesel VW last night, I think this week will be the week where we won’t go grocery shopping and just make stuff with whatever we have in the pantry. This may be difficult because, among other things this holiday week, we’re going to someone’s house later and [...]
Like I’ve said, coupons suck
I read this article in Consumerist about a coupon queen’s quest to not let food inflation bother her. While this is certainly a noble quest, and I certainly hope that she does her coupon shopping during weekdays when shops are filled with people like me w/day jobs, I still think coupons suck. Here’s why:
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- cubegourmet
- 05/18/2008
- shopping
- coupons, frugality, rant
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Bulk foods: It’s all about frugality
Lately I’ve been watching as the value of the Euro soars against the dollar as the interest rate on my savings account got slashed in half. Trust me, I’m pissed. I get even more pissed when I see the ads for big screen TV’s that say “spend your tax refund/future rebate here”. Spend what you [...]
