In my perfect dream world, I would live close to a good, not-too-fancy winery where I could stop by every week or so to fill up a few glass bottles of wine from a large communal casket. This would be my everyday house wine, the wine I would drink while making dinner, as well as serve on all but the most elaborate of occasions. A good, decent wine that doesn't cost a bundle, with the recycling of the bottles and the visit to the winery an added bonus.

This situation doesn't (currently) exist but I've come up with a substitute that will get me by in the meantime: Big House Red (or White) Box Wine. More

Happy New Year! The holidays are over. It is January, a month much associated with cutting back and shopping more wisely. Still love your wine? Read on for some great wine shopping tips to help you find the best deals, and save a few dollars. More

The Kitchn's readers and writers shared so many valuable tips for frugal cooking and shopping this year that we've gathered them up in one handy post. Check out the links below for ways to save money, reduce food waste, and entertain on a budget.

• 1 Danny Seo's 5 Tips for Saving Money at the Organic Grocery
• 2 Why You Should Invest in Cheap Wine
• 3 How Can I Save Money or Find Coupons for Healthy Foods?
• 4 It's True! Farmers Markets Are Cheaper Than Supermarkets
• 5 5 Ways To Throw a Party Without Blowing Your Budget More

Look at this handsome reusable stainless steel straw — my friend Rachel and her husband made them at home with inexpensive materials and tools and show you how to do the same. More

When money and storage space are tight, buying a new kitchen gadget like a food mill or a pressure cooker is never an easy decision. Will it take up too much space? Will you use it enough to justify the price? What if you want to try it out first? A neighborhood in Portland is working on a smart solution to this problem: a community kitchen tool library. More

Some of us are list makers and some of us aren't.

Some of us like our trip to the grocery store to be well organized and efficient so we can get in and out as soon as possible. And some of us want to wander and meander and be free to discover the aisles. For others, a shopping list is a way to gain control over tendencies to overspend and buy on impulse.

Which one are you?

Picture this: you're sitting at your best friend's kitchen counter. She is talking up a new local wine she discovered and wants to see if you can identify it in a blind taste-test. She's going to pour you her cheap everyday wine ($7.99/bottle) and the new Chardonnay ($24.99/bottle). Which one tastes like a better wine, she asks? A pricier wine? You, surprising even yourself, choose the cheap wine.
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Cooking is in Whitney McGregor's genes. She grew up cooking and eating and drinking wine with her mother and her many brothers and sisters. In every home she has ever lived, the kitchen is where people gather and where memories are made. So it's no surprise that when she moved into her first home, fixing up the kitchen was first on her list. Her budget was tight, so tight in fact that it was virtually nonexistent.

But she didn't let that stop her! Read on to see her amazing $50 kitchen transformation!

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Q: I was wondering if you had any tips where I can get CO2 canisters for my Soda Stream refilled for cheaper than buying new or exchanging at Williams-Sonoma.

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When it's time to make a batch of stock, I don't head to the grocery store. I just open the freezer. Inside I keep freezer bags full of scraps that by themselves are inedible, but when simmered slowly for hours, transform into the magical elixir that is from-scratch stock. So what should you be saving instead of tossing in the trash? More