Every shopper who clips coupons and scours supermarket circulars has access to the same deals, right? Not these days. Grocery stores are starting to experiment with personalized pricing, offering shoppers better deals on certain products based on their buying history. Is it a smart way to score deals or an unfair invasion of privacy? More

I'm not a fan of cute crafty things, but I love a good DIY project, especially when it has a practical purpose. This menu board is a helpful way to plan your grocery needs for the week, and to get the family involved in the process. More

Trying to eat and buy local is all well and good until I can purchase a giant tub of cottage cheese from my local Costco for $5. Writing for a food blog leaves me with a little guilt about that, but this new website helped me discover that my tasty breakfast snack comes from a dairy farm right here in Illinois! Want to see where your dairy comes from? More

I've been in Chicago since March, but it's only recently that I've had transportation to make it up to the blue and yellow giant known as IKEA. I've lived near them before so I'm not unfamiliar, but the IKEA Food section has changed over recent years, and with three trips in the last 12 days (it's a problem, I know) I keep finding new things that make their way into my cart! More

With our recent focus on American farmers and growers it seems like this land we love has more than enough food to go around. If we took all the food harvested from American soil and distributed it evenly to all our citizens, would it be enough to go around? More

There's a well-known bakery in NYC famous for its cupcakes. And they just happen to be vegan. Oh, and gluten-free as well. How do they do it? BabyCakes bakery relies on agave nectar, canola and coconut oil, as well as other natural ingredients. One taste of their cupcakes and you'd never know they were anything other than delicious. But did you know the following five store-bought cookies are naturally vegan as well? More

I was fortunate to grow up regularly visiting the original Spice House in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin. (The Spice House was owned by the parents of the people who went on to create Penzey's.) At a tender and impressionable age, I was imprinted with the sensual, magical experience of walking through their door and immediately being surrounded by a cacophony of smells and the promise of new discoveries. So needless to say, there's no way the Internet or a grocery store, no matter how convenient and practical, is going to be my go-to when it comes time to purchase my spices.

While it's great to buy specialty products in-person from the maker, sometimes it's just not possible. (We don't all live near a food or farmer's market.) So to appreciate the full scale and variety of today's artisanal offerings, you have to go online. These nine marketplaces have you covered: More

Looking for a way to cart your fruits and veggies that doesn't involve a handful of plastic bags? Reusable produce bags are your answer. Made from a variety of materials, from muslin to mesh, they're all durable, washable, and way better than the bags pulled from your grocery store's produce section. More

We're talking about farmers' markets this week on The Kitchn, so I was bummed that I missed my own market this past Saturday morning. But then — wait! I realized that this was the very first week of a new mid-week, Wednesday evening market in my neighborhood. I love mid-week markets — do you have one in your town?

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