APRIL 2007 • Vol. 22 • No. 4
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A lifestyle magazine for Costco members
NW,SD,MW,NE
Member Lori Roddey
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Costco at
your service
For work or home, Costco’s
Member Services offer great
value and savings that many
members don’t know exist.
BY DAVID WIGHT
Member Mike Parsa
17 Coming home
Having an employee on active duty creates
hardships for small businesses. Experts
offer tips to get by.
BY HARVEY MEYER
27 Living quality years
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical
correspondent, explores ways to extend
your life.
BY STEPHANIE E. PONDER
39 Green motoring
Two Costco members offer a way
to run vehicles on vegetable oil.
BY WILL FIFIELD
41 On the road
A bevy of items to keep in your car
to help cope with unexpected
mechanical difficulties.
BY STEVE FISHER
28 Creative Cooking
What’s on your spring menu? Try these
dishes from Costco’s latest cookbook.
31 The Wine Connection
Screw tops for wine are coming of age.
BY ANNETTE ALVAREZ-PETERS
34 Book Buyer’s Pick:
The Deen of Southern cuisine
A popular TV chef examines the sweet
and sour of her life in a stirring memoir.
BY TIM TALEVICH
COVER ILLUS TRATION: DAVID SCHNEIDER
INSIDE COSTCO
54 Buying Smart: Spices of life
New Kirkland Signature™ spices
and seasonings turn cooks into
chefs with rich tastes at low prices.
BY PAT VOLCHOK
57 Costco enlists
Costco employees go to bat
for Uncle Sam—and Costco goes
to bat for them.
BY STEVE FISHER
New Kirkland
Signature spices
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