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Old Doggie Bag, New Tricks	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Frugal Eats for Furlough Fridays Occasionally, The Dollar-Wise Gourmet does something completely altruistic—such as spending the entire day frolicking about town in search of frugal food deals for Furlough Fridays.
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Food Carts A sampling of local food carts	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Vegging Out We went vegetarian this month. Discover five restaurants to find cheap veg-friendly dishes.
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Under a Buck We compared items found at the dollar store with their higher priced identicals at the mainstream grocery store.	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: A User’s Guide to Happy Hour The booze, the food, the price, the experience . . . happy hour is back in style.
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Bargain Breakfasts: Five Under $5	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: A Fix for a Bad Economy: Prix Fixe
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Charging Dough for Bread	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Isn’t That Special?
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: On a Beer Budget? Join the Buffet Line Get as much bang for your buck as you can stomach.	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: A Doggone Good Deal Here are some local spots devoted to the art of the hot dog.
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Something for Nothing	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Comfort Foods To Comfort Your Wallet Tastes great, less painful on your pocketbook.
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet:Organics: To Buy or Not To Buy?	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Dining for Dollars How to keep the bill down next time you go out to eat.
The Dollar-Wise Courmet: Hard Times for Tipping How much should you tip in these tough economic times?	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: In the Mood for Love Spaghetti and candlelight can trump fancy food and starched linens in the romance department.
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Salad Days of Summer Five great summer salads, each less than eight bucks.	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: The Budget Blues How are Sacramento's restaurateurs coping with high food costs?
Pinching Pennies With Pizza Pizza-by-the-slice places are proliferating in the Sacramento region, and they're easy on your wallet.	The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Your Budget on Caffeine How much is that daily cup of coffee setting you back?
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet: Just Say No Really, it's OK to ask for tap water. And it's free.	Shoppers Have To Eat, Too
The Dollar-Wise Gourmet The soup's on, and it's cheap!	What's a Bargain Anyway? The Dollar-Wise Gourmet goes off track.
Pretheater Dinner, Minus The Fiscal Drama For those who think dining out is part of what makes an evening at the theatah complete&emdash;and frankly, my dear, most of us do&emdash;The Dollar-Wise Gourmet took it upon herself to explore options for the Music Circus crowd. (Tough job, I know.)	Picnics for Penny Pinchers
White-Tablecloth Restaurants Without The Green Recently, after I suggested Il Fornaio for a couples' night out and listened to complaints about how no one could afford it, my contrariness kicked in.	Where Have All the Early Birds Gone? Coupons for two-for-one dinners, discount drinks and similar food deals proliferate. But it appears that the once-popular early-bird dinner is either an endangered species or&emdash;puzzlingly&emdash;something restaurateurs would rather keep on the down low.
Who's got the best rotisserie chicken in town?	Come on, Get 'Happy' Just like the weight around your middle, the meaning of happy hour tends to shift as you move into midlife.
Munching at the Mall	A Dollar and a Dream Looking for $1 food bargains is a little like playing Lotto: You know you'll never win, but it's still fun to try.

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