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    By Piet Levy

    | 8:00AM 11/22/2010
    There's plenty to be thankful for this Thanksgiving -- except how much it may cost you. Consumers will spend millions of dollars bulking up on Turkey Day staples, the first wave of many burdensome financial commitments this holiday season, happening at a time when the economy, to put it mildly,...

    By Piet Levy

    | 11:00AM 3/24/2010
    College basketball fans, we're getting into the thick of the NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship Tournament. Chances are between bracket bets and beer money, it's been a costly couple of weeks. But there are ways to watch the games and cut some corners. If you can't watch a game without...

    By Sarah Gilbert

    | 6:30PM 5/21/2009
    For 18 months now, since chugging books by Barbara Kingsolver, Michael Pollan, and Alisa Smith and J.B. MacKinnon in the span of a few weeks, I've been eating local, seasonal food as much as possible. In the winter this means I stuff myself with bacon, potatoes and celeriac; this week, thrilled...