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  Saving Money at the Grocery Store Can be Delicious As one who has always watched her purse strings, I'm always considering new ways to apply my cash-saving techniques to essential spending.   However, since I love to cook and bake, sticking to my food budget can be a bit tricky.   Through the years, though, I've found how to save and still eat well.   Follow along as I share my five favorite tips to cut my food bill. Shop Sales It's tempting to shop for the food you crave, but it is often a budget buster.   I find it best to wait until my favorite food is on sale.   Each week I plan my menus around grocery store sales.   For example, this week the market has rump roast, carrots, kale, and eggs on sale--$14 total.   One night, I will roast the meat with carrots and a few potatoes I had in the pantry.   I'll serve it with sautéed kale.   Leftovers will go into a soup with beans and in a pastry for pasties for two other meals. ...

Etiquette Skills Essential in Business Interview of an Etiquette Instructor Q) What is the biggest NO-NO during a business lunch: Spaghetti? Burping? Slurping? Elbows on the table? A) That is a tough one since there are many pitfalls for business meal manners.   However, I believe the biggest no-no is ignoring everyone at the table or interrupting fellow diners.   The table is a place to share and during the business meal that means polished communication skills are necessary.   Additionally, shoving food into your mouth, holding a fork as a shovel, and hovering over a meal conveys more interest in eating rather than those at the table.   It also displays a lack of table manners. Table manners speak volumes about a person.   If a diner pushes food onto a fork with a finger, burp, slurp, or plants their elbows on the table, it conveys indifference of dining partners—as if they are unimportant.   The most important dining rule is that we all feel co...

  Eating messy food at a mixer Whether attending a business or social cocktail event, polished social skills are valued.  Many of these events include food, some of which are difficult to eat. Here are some guidelines: Food that Sprays Fresh cherry tomatoes are delish; however, they can be messy when bitten into.  Pricking the skin helps keep the juices from spraying and dripping.  If that isn’t possible, only choose tomatoes that can be eaten in one bite.   Foods we Dip Dip once if the sauce is shared.  Place your napkin under your chin to catch drips.  Still, it is best not to apply too much sauce.  If plates are available, add a spoonful of sauce onto your plate and dip away.  Shrimp with Tails Using the same procedure mentioned above, hold the shrimp by the tail to dip into the sauce.  Discard the shell onto the plate or into your napkin. Foods with Pits If the food is small, pop the entire item into your mout...