RecessionWire

  • About
  • Ads
  • Contributors
  • Press
  • Contact


News

Recession Obsession: Economy Bites

By Sara Clemence ⋅ 3:14 pm February 3, 2010 ⋅ 3 comments

economy bites screen shotWe’re enjoying a new web show, Economy Bites, that just hit our radar screen. Created last year in the heart of the recession, it’s dedicated to making cooking cheap and easy — perfect for those of us who have less money without our jobs or less time because we’re working so hard to stay employed.

Hosted by Texas native Allie Schwartz, the show’s motto is, “Cook on Sunday, eat til Thursday.” It’s not exactly gourmand fare — there are episodes on tortilla soup and homemade falafel — and the kitchen isn’t big, shiny and filled with pricey appliances. It’s cramped, the stove is sucky, and Schwartz has to cram ingredients into her undersized food processor.

But that’s okay. If the Food Network is steamy, glistening food porn, then Economy Bites is amateur food porn — in some ways all the more compelling because the technique, actors and setting are rough around the edges. Much like us.

So far they have shot 16 fast-paced shows, which mostly clock in at under seven minutes. Shop along with Ally, who notes ingredient prices. There’s even an episode where Grandma Hilde demonstrates how to make her noodle kugle, “The most fattening there is, ever, in the whole world.” Watch it below. To round it out, you might also want to check out our Ten Tips for Beginner Cooks and How to Save Money at the Farmers Market.

Related Posts:

  • Television Takes on the Recession (Video)
  • Video: America’s “Great Unwind”
  • Five Surprising Ways to Stretch Your Beauty Buck
  • So Cynicism is Dead
  • Video: Let the Good Times Roll…
  • Powered by Contextual Related Posts
If you enjoyed this story, print or share it!
  • email
  • Print
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Google Bookmarks
  • LinkedIn
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • Yahoo! Buzz
  • Mixx
  • Reddit
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • MySpace
  • StumbleUpon
  • Fark
Print This PostTags: eating, food, Home and Style, new frugal, recession, video

Discussion

3 comments for “Recession Obsession: Economy Bites”

  1. Social comments and analytics for this post…

    This post was mentioned on Twitter by BenRegenspan: @EconoBites – congrats, you’re famous! RT @recessionwire Review of Economy Bites Cooking Show http://goo.gl/fb/OQaP...

    Posted by uberVU - social comments | February 4, 2010, 6:18 am
  2. Love this show. Allie’s charming, and the recipes are things I can actually make. Plus, the credit sequence. Just the one in the actual “Reality Bites”!

    Posted by Marco | February 4, 2010, 7:07 am
  3. This is a brilliant idea and its contagious humor is uplifting. Cook enough to eat until Thursday with a relatively healthy list of ingredients is enough to keep me coming back every week. A brilliant, clever and charming outlook about survival in this century! Not too different from the way my grandma lived through the depression however in this century expression is much more comforting and honest, like “Economy Bites”.

    Posted by Sharyn Fein | February 7, 2010, 12:37 pm

Post a comment

 

Get Recessionwire by email!
twitter

Most Popular Posts

  • The Recession Will End... by 2010
  • 10 Tips for Learning to Cook from Scratch
  • The 5 Questions You Should Ask an Interviewer
  • Tax Tips for the Unemployed
  • 11 Easy Steps to Relocating
  • The Just-Laid-Off Checklist
  • Screwed: 2,500 at Xerox
  • Recession Lessons from the Jersey Shore
  • Eight (of the 1 million) Reasons Not to Go to Law School in a Recession
  • How Not to Look Desperate

Special Sections

Recent Posts

  • The Toughest City to Find a Job
  • Recession Lexicon: 99er
  • Free Financial Bootcamp
  • 80 Percent Off Restaurant.com Ends Today
  • Economists Pessimistic About the Rest of 2010
  • 10 Tips for Social Networking Your Way to a Job
  • How to Bootstrap Your New Business Wisely
  • Stashing Cash Over the Border
  • Senate Approves Unemployment Extension
  • Entrepreneurship is Declining, Survey Says

We’re Talking About…

Wowzio
grab this · careers blog
  • About
  • Advertising
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Press

  • Culture
  • Living
  • Money
  • News
  • Small Business
  • Working
© 2010 Recessionwire. Entries (RSS)