In 2006, Cathy Erway started Not Eating Out in NY, a blog dedicated to eating in in a city where eating out (or at least ordering out) is the culture. And after two years she saved $7,200, lost 10 pounds, and now she has a book deal. Basically, the exact opposite of what happened to us during the same time frame. more ›

It seems like every other weekend, Brooklyn is home to some kind of homestyle cooking competition, with a constant rotation of cupcake-offs, chili massacres, a big jerk-off, and probably some vegan tofu spread-a-thons somewhere. Prizes at these things are typically anything from homely trophies to a few cans of PBR, but the just-announced, upcoming inaugural Risotto Challenge is something special indeed: The prizes are going to be very nice. More on that below. more ›