Julia Scott, aka the Bargain Babe, believes in showing her gratitude. That’s why she organized the Frugal Festival in the Los Angeles area – to thank her readers.
This year, even non-L.A. readers can attend. Virtually speaking.
The 2011 Frugal Festival Food takes place in two venues: at Canoga Park High School on June 25, and online from June 13 to 24. Its focus is to help consumers “save money on the most basic expense of all – food,” Scott says.
During the 12-day online event you can enter to win food-themed books such as “Vegan on the Cheap,” “The $5 Dinner Mom Cookbook” and “Wildly Affordable Organic.” Or try to get into a book yourself: Scott invites readers to submit their original recipes and the stories behind them, for possible inclusion in an e-cookbook.
Those who submit recipes will also be entered to win Restaurant.com gift cards, coupon organizers from The Coupon Wallet, and memberships to AllRecipes.com.
At the live event on June 25 you’ll experience coupon exchanges, nutrition info, free samples and snacks, a “Coupon Challenge” contest, a solar oven demo, a coupon exchange, and the chance to win prizes like lunchbox sets, a “date night” package, Starbucks goodies, coupon organizers, a Pyrex/Chicago Cutlery kitchen package, food-themed books and a $300 Albertsons gift card.
(No Albertsons where you live? Sell the card online.)
Of course, you can do both events if you like. Those of us who won’t be in Los Angeles on June 25 will have to content ourselves with the virtual festival.
And yes, it is pronounced “Frugal Festival Food,” not “the frugal food festival.” It’s her party and she can say it any way she wants.
