Right on! ...one of the first things I learned about cooking, from chefs and sous-chef friends, and countless cookbooks, was to buy predominantly from the "perimeter," when you need to buy food in a supermarket. Pretty much sums up the first page of this very good article. The second thing I learned from the above sources was that Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc., are not much better in terms of health than supermarket stuff--what they do improve upon is the price.(I no doubt will have Whole Food fans yelling at me for this. Fine. They have a good minor selection of healthy hard to find stuff, but look a the majority of what they carry--read the ingredients.) The third thing I learned is that it's the little stores--culture-specific bodegas in NY, and culture-specific stores outside NY, that are the best place to get your ingredients (and super inexpensive spices, which are always jacked up and processed in supermarkets). The fourth thing I learned was that if you flush an active tear gas cannister down the toilet in an attempt to get rid of it, it explodes. I can't reveal how I learned that.
I miss Kensington Market in Toronto, talk about cheap spices, and anything you could imagine. The markets here are awesome too. I have now been dubbed "Mevrouw Theekoeke" ("Ms. Teacake") by my Saturday pastry guy, I didn't bother to explain to him how right he really was (nevermind that I buy 4 teacakes every Saturday). They have apricot jam in the middle, what am I SUPPOSED to do!
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Right on! ...one of the first things I learned about cooking, from chefs and sous-chef friends, and countless cookbooks, was to buy predominantly from the "perimeter," when you need to buy food in a supermarket. Pretty much sums up the first page of this very good article.
The second thing I learned from the above sources was that Whole Foods, Trader Joe's, etc., are not much better in terms of health than supermarket stuff--what they do improve upon is the price.(I no doubt will have Whole Food fans yelling at me for this. Fine. They have a good minor selection of healthy hard to find stuff, but look a the majority of what they carry--read the ingredients.)
The third thing I learned is that it's the little stores--culture-specific bodegas in NY, and culture-specific stores outside NY, that are the best place to get your ingredients (and super inexpensive spices, which are always jacked up and processed in supermarkets).
The fourth thing I learned was that if you flush an active tear gas cannister down the toilet in an attempt to get rid of it, it explodes. I can't reveal how I learned that.
I miss Kensington Market in Toronto, talk about cheap spices, and anything you could imagine. The markets here are awesome too. I have now been dubbed "Mevrouw Theekoeke" ("Ms. Teacake") by my Saturday pastry guy, I didn't bother to explain to him how right he really was (nevermind that I buy 4 teacakes every Saturday). They have apricot jam in the middle, what am I SUPPOSED to do!
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