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Bent-n-dents – The New Walmart
Some call them bent-n-dents, or salvage stores, and some call them secondary grocery stores, but whatever you call them, cash-strapped consumers interested in lowering their food bill are beginning to take notice. Often the items purchased at these stores are sold at half the cost of discount stores like Wal-mart.
Here’s how it works: Salvage stores [...]
Nine Nasty Foodborne Illnesses
It has been awhile since we’ve heard about any major food recalls, which is good news. The potential for a swine flu outbreak has knocked tainted food out of the headlines.  However, that doesn’t mean we should let down our guard. Food poisoning is on the rise and can hit without any warning. Although we [...]
Full StoryWhy You Shouldn’t Eat These 5 Foods Raw
For most of us the days of dining on Steak Tartare, a meat dish made from chopped or ground raw beef, are most assuredly over. But there is a sundry of foods we forget are just as hazardous to eat raw, as Gregg Miller, MD, a board-certified emergency room physician points out:
1. Cookie dough (and [...]
