I never really thought bread was expensive. I mean, four dollars per loaf or whatever seemed pretty harmless to a teenager with minimal responsibilities and controlled income. Then, I tried living on my own, and suddenly - $4 per week? ...
When it comes to being broke, the kitchen can become a battlefield. A war between your fridge and your finances is constantly thrashing, and what the hell are you going to eat?! If your favorite food on earth is dried ...
One of the main functions of my life that keeps me on the broke side is coffee. Specifically, espresso drinks. I have my winter drinks, like soy caramel lattes and peppermint mochas, but in the summertime (starting in early March, which indicates a ...
The moment in which I felt most understood was the moment I saw this scene from 30 Rock: Liz Lemon gets me. Heaven is being wrapped in a Snuggie next to a wood stove, just me, a knife, & a block of ...
Bread is unquestionably my favorite thing to make. I love the feeling of dough, as well as the transformations that the bread goes through between looking like a pile of flour to emerging from the oven a golden, crackly, heavy mound ...
If you've ever had good croutons, you now that they can haunt you with cravings. I was definitely the kid who would have preferred a bowl of croutons with some salad dressing on the side. Is that gross? Anyway, as ...
It's so tempting to call this "crap stock" because I'm bratty, but we'll stick with Vegetable Scrap Stock. This is one of the best, most economical tricks I've learned in my decade of experience as a semi-professional broke person. Vegetable ...
Alliteration, extreme! I had to make an impressive title for an impressive brownie. After weeks spent scouring the internet for a specifically black bottom black bean brownie, I decided that I should put my blogging where my mouth is and ...
The way that I eat is not really that different from the way I dress, if that makes sense. No, of course it doesn't. I mean the way that I shop for food is not that different from the way ...
If you're wiley, you may have noticed that Fridays are a bit different around B&B. On Fridays, fashion in scares, and interior design rules. Small spaces, Design Breakdowns, and a zillion lists of inexpensive cookware, lighting, and knick knacks abound. ...