Ethanol may look like a good plan to reduce dependence on foreign oil, but while easing some of the pain at the pump, its production is causing grocery prices to rise, thus offsetting any cost savings. Read on to find out more.

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Rent , Vehicle and Food are usually the biggest expenses that we have to deal with every month. Moreover, while you can live without a car, food you definitely cannot live without. Let’s see how you can reduce your grocery bill by becoming a smart shopper.

The Whole Foods Market chain said Tuesday that it would stop offering plastic grocery bags, giving customers instead a choice between recycled paper or reusable bags.

Mochi (Japanese: 餅; Chinese: 麻糬) is a Japanese rice cake made of glutinous rice pounded into paste and molded into shape. In Japan it is traditionally made in a ceremony called mochitsuki. While eaten year-round, mochi is a traditional food for the Japanese New Year and commonly sold and eaten at that time.Mochi is similar to the Chinese rice cake nian gao; however mochi is molded right after it is pounded, whereas nian gao is baked once again after to solidify the mixture as well as sanitize it. In the Philippines, it is called palitao in Tagalog and is coated with sesame seeds and grated coconut.Mochi is very sticky and somewhat tricky to eat. After each new year, it is reported in the Japanese media how many people die from choking on mochi. The victims are usually elderly. Because it is so sticky, it is difficult to dislodge via the Heimlich maneuver. In the Japanese comedy film Tampopo, a vacuum cleaner is used to suck it out (some lifesaving experts say that a vacuum cleaner is actually efficient for stuck mochi).