Editors: Catton and Suntree.
Stylish, upbeat, and never dull, Be Thrifty (…Not Cheap!) will make plenty of delicious lemonade-no matter what kinds of lemons are falling from the skies. Combining reprinted and newly commissioned material, our experts tackle the ins-and-outs of thriftiness. Steven Raichlen shows you how to choose the cheapest cuts of meat. The New York Times's "Frugal Traveler" gives the lowdown on traveling on a dime. Mindy Weiss shares her thriftiest wedding tips. Integrative medicine expert Pamela Hops on the thriftiest investment of all-your health. To help those incentives sink in, some a-propos number-crunching makes the case. The subtler side of thrift is represented, too: How do you deal with peer pressure to spend? How do you teach your children the value of thrift? (And what do you do when faced with an outburst of the "gimmes"?) Back on the home front, the thrifty basics: all the tools you need to avoid buying stuff you don't. When it pays to buy in bulk-and when it doesn't. And much much more-gift-giving, celebrations, and rediscovering a long-lost virtue.
