I prefer small grocery stores. I share a COSTCO membership with a friend and I go there for paper products, cleaning supplies, detergent, batteries, Brita filters and condensded milk among other things that work out cheaper for me to buy in bulk. Never food items because we would never finish a gallon of mayonnaise! My go-tos are my local Safeway, Giant and Trader Joe's and Aldi's. I find Whole Foods very expensive so I go there to do what I refer to as "accessorizing" my food. As in they sometimes have specialty items that I can't find anywhere else. We also have a ton of ethnic grocery stories in this area, so as in immigrant, I check them out regularly for ingredients to make dishes that remind me of home. I see that the NYT is writing about cabbage this week. Cabbage in all its varieties is a mainstay of my cooking. We eat cabbage a lot in Jamaica. We make a wonderful breakfast dish of sauteed cabagge with bacalao (saltfish) and onions and peppers. Just delicious. Fancy that, cabbage! It's similar to a few years ago when everyone was referring to kale as a "superfood." I thought kale? When I lived in London kale was a staple of everyone's winter diet. We called it "curly kale." Always fascinated to see how humble foods that many people eat regularly because they are inexpensive, tasty and nourishing are suddenly elevated because some chef somehwere does something fancy. Love reading CulinaryWoman.
The D’Agostino store you showed is the location we used to shop at when I was growing up in NYC!
I’m lucky to live in an SF neighborhood where an excellent greengrocer and butcher are within walking distance of where I live. An independent grocery store - probably no larger than a typical NYC supermarket - is a short drive away, as are a locally-owned fishmonger, a Whole Foods and the spot where a nice year-round farmers market is held Saturdays. Whenever possible, we shop at the independent/locally-owned stores and the farmers market. They all have very good products and we want to spend as much of our grocery budget as possible with local businesses.
I prefer small grocery stores. I share a COSTCO membership with a friend and I go there for paper products, cleaning supplies, detergent, batteries, Brita filters and condensded milk among other things that work out cheaper for me to buy in bulk. Never food items because we would never finish a gallon of mayonnaise! My go-tos are my local Safeway, Giant and Trader Joe's and Aldi's. I find Whole Foods very expensive so I go there to do what I refer to as "accessorizing" my food. As in they sometimes have specialty items that I can't find anywhere else. We also have a ton of ethnic grocery stories in this area, so as in immigrant, I check them out regularly for ingredients to make dishes that remind me of home. I see that the NYT is writing about cabbage this week. Cabbage in all its varieties is a mainstay of my cooking. We eat cabbage a lot in Jamaica. We make a wonderful breakfast dish of sauteed cabagge with bacalao (saltfish) and onions and peppers. Just delicious. Fancy that, cabbage! It's similar to a few years ago when everyone was referring to kale as a "superfood." I thought kale? When I lived in London kale was a staple of everyone's winter diet. We called it "curly kale." Always fascinated to see how humble foods that many people eat regularly because they are inexpensive, tasty and nourishing are suddenly elevated because some chef somehwere does something fancy. Love reading CulinaryWoman.
The D’Agostino store you showed is the location we used to shop at when I was growing up in NYC!
I’m lucky to live in an SF neighborhood where an excellent greengrocer and butcher are within walking distance of where I live. An independent grocery store - probably no larger than a typical NYC supermarket - is a short drive away, as are a locally-owned fishmonger, a Whole Foods and the spot where a nice year-round farmers market is held Saturdays. Whenever possible, we shop at the independent/locally-owned stores and the farmers market. They all have very good products and we want to spend as much of our grocery budget as possible with local businesses.