15 ways to save ... on food
15 ways to save on food
By Pam Dinsmore - 12:00 am

There's not a millionaire or a minimum-wage worker who doesn't like a bargain.

5 stores, 5 shoppers, 5 results
Bee Staff - 12:00 am
Our plan was to go to five area grocers, buy five common food products and see if the tale of the cash register tapes would yield any money-saving wisdom.
The Mailbox: Teri Watson
12:00 am
I had lunch at Sheepherders Inn in Rancho Cordova and ordered the daily special, which was filet mignon chili. It was more like a thick soup with chunks of meat and beans. It was delicious. Does anyone have this recipe or one similar?
The Good Life: It's a week to discover city dining
12:00 am
We're post-holiday, pre-economic recovery, still keeping resolutions, and we're enduring cold, rain, foggy days and long, damp nights.
Wine Buzz: Thinking of wines for 2009
12:00 am
"Wine Buzz" is wishing a happy 2009 to all you fellow wine sippers. Did you open anything particularly special for New Year's Eve?

The Good Life
It's a week to discover city dining
We're post-holiday, pre-economic recovery, still keeping resolutions, and we're enduring cold, rain, foggy days and long, damp nights.
Home and Garden
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Pamper those plants as frost chills the Valley

An early-morning frost Sunday did not have gardeners hitting the panic button, but local pros say it is time to stay alert and maybe not shelve all the Christmas ornaments.

Health and Fitness
Blue Shield to reinstate 678 canceled policies

Nearly 700 subscribers whose policies were canceled by Blue Shield of California will be reinstated as part of a settlement reached with the California Department of Insurance, state officials announced Tuesday.

Books and Media
The Bee Book Club: Novelist will speak Jan. 15

"I write about the issues I care about, and I know it's a luxury to have an audience for that," said author Richard North Patterson.

Style
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Wild & Wooly - an after-school lesson in giving

Two cute Olivias – Olivia Schaub and Olivia Book, both fifth-graders at Cosumnes River Elementary School in Sloughhouse – are huddled together at one side of the classroom, whispering back and forth to one another while they knit.

Family
Kids (can) eat cheap
15 ways to save ... on feeding kids

Let's face it: Children aren't cheap. While the smiles, laughter and joy they bring are priceless, the doctor bills, clothes and shoes, toys, dental work and college tuition add up to a small fortune.

Food and Wine
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Quality is taking the back shelf

It may not have been the year to buy a $150 bottle of Dom Perignon. But perhaps it was the year to buy four $35 bottles of Korbel.

Outbound
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Fresh snowburst gives Tahoe area resorts a boost

Snow season is officially upon us, and ski, snowboard and sled enthusiasts across the region are flocking to nearby resorts to take advantage of the fresh powder.

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