Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Do you remember "The Frugal Gourmet"? For millions of viewers in the '80s and '90s, the TV show once conjured images of cheerful ...

Most likely, when you imagine preparing a gourmet meal, you picture shopping at a high-end, high-priced store like Whole Foods. However, spending hundreds of dollars on organic produce, top-of-the ...

At the height of Jeff Smith's fame, seven million Americans tuned in to watch his cooking show, The Frugal Gourmet, and he'd sold about 12 million cookbooks. Then in 1997, he was sued by seven men who ...

SEATTLE – Jeff Smith, a white-bearded minister who became public television’s popular “Frugal Gourmet” before a sex scandal ruined his career, has died, his business manager said Friday. He was 65.

Jeff Smith's journey from Seattle student to beloved chaplain and gourmet entrepreneur leads to the birth of The Frugal Gourmet. As opportunities grow, personal and professional pressures challenge ...