ALDI: The No. 1 Destination for Summer Cravings and Savings

BATAVIA, Ill., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Whether you are looking for food for a family get-together, camping essentials or even patio items, switching to high-quality ALDI exclusive brands can save you ...

Cook du Jour Cynthia Schneider takes the complication out of cooking

In the quiet of her kitchen, Cynthia Schneider creates. Not with the fancy gadgetry that's fast becoming this generation's culinary crutch, but with a simple, well-crafted knife to slice and dice. "Life is complicated enough," Schneider says. "No need to make cooking complicated."

Spinning without the salad

A salad spinner makes the washing and drying of salad greens a simple task. It's one of those gadgets that, once you own one, you wonder how you lived without it.

FRUGAL LIVING: Uses for a salad spinner

A salad spinner makes the washing and drying of salad greens a simple task. It's one of those gadgets that, once you own one, you wonder how you lived without it. This is especially true the first time you see all of the gritty, dirty water that results from washing your salad greens. Another benefit of owning a salad spinner is that it can be used for more than just washing greens. While they ...

Nobody ever calls me anymore

As a teenager, my friend Jennifer used to sneak into her mother’s room after bedtime and steal the phone. She would call the boy she was dating, or “going with,” or whatever we called it back then, and they would talk all night, sometimes till 4 a.m. But something shifted a few years ago. She became afraid of talking on the phone. Just hearing it ring could provoke panic. Maybe it was the ...