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Raisins: the Original Organic Dried Fruit

Metro Cheapo — Wed, 05 May 2010 16:02:50 +0000

Forget all the fancy shade-grown, locavore-friendly organic dried fruit at Whole Foods — sun-dried raisins are still kicking it old skool after more than a hundred years. Raisins: the original dried fruit.

Raisins are cheap and found in everything from baked goods to soup. Sun-Maid, the brand created by the California Associated Raisin Company in 1915, [...]

Studios Rock! Apartment Therapy’s Big Book of Small, Cool Spaces

Metro Cheapo — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 21:56:18 +0000

First, some background about this digressive post: last weekend (courtesy of Groupon), Kat and I double-dipped as attendees of the NYC Go Green Expo and its über-fabulous neighbor, the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. Both were awe-inspiring spectacles, to say the least, and we came away feeling like our brains would explode with ideas. I [...]

Freebie Friday: 2010 Consumer Action Handbook

Metro Cheapo — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 16:02:17 +0000

One of my admittedly geeky hobbies is searching online for useful free PDF documents that I can read offline. Some people don’t like to read books or other literature on their computers, but I do. Imagine how it thrilled me to find a just-released 172-page consumer guide, published by the United States federal government. Uncle [...]