EatingCheaply

The Illinois Food Bank Association recently concluded an interesting challenge. Volunteers agreed to feed themselves and their families for a week on $25 per person, the average weekly food stamp benefit given to Illinois residents. How would you feed yourself for $25 a week? That wouldn't even pay...

Did I get your attention? Okay, let's get one thing straight: although most of the salads that you've eaten were probably somewhat miserable, you should know that salads are not, by definition, lame. They don't have to be flavorless, watery agglomerations of wilted lettuce, dry carrot slices, and...