For the majority of my life I have loved food shopping. It is what you do prior to cooking, and cooking as you may have guessed from reading this blog, is one of my joys. What I know from years of grocery shopping is this:
- Each store is unique
- Shopping where there are happy & knowledgable employees is more fun
- Mentally bookmark stores with unique/quirky items
- Not all bulk sections carry foods you want to (or should) buy
- Produce sections tell you a lot about the community
- Not all of us like other people packing our shopping bags
Then there are the farmer’s markets – a wonderful subset of places to food shop. Loved both because my dear Grammy Caldwell started taking me to them when I was a young girl, plus they give you an opportunity to speak with the farmer who grew the food, and you get to go shopping outdoors! My lifelong love of farmer’s markets and farm stands is something I’ve written about here and here and here.
The thing is food shopping isn’t what it once was. Continue reading
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