When a friend moved to my Brooklyn neighborhood recently, his first request was for grocery store recommendations. I'm pretty sure he just wanted one name, but instead, I sent back five.
Honestly, I couldn't help it! There's the gleaming, artisanal market that's perfect for high-quality meat and spending half a paycheck on cheese (but too pricey for a full week's shop). Half a block away, there's a 24-7 greengrocer dedicated to affordable produce and a dizzying array of beer. And, perhaps my favorite, there's the Korean-owned bodega with the best homemade kimchi (plus Oreo, a chronically sleepy black-and-white cat). I go to them all.
New York's density means that proper, sprawling suburban supermarkets are few and far between. Whenever I visit one, the abundance stops me in my tracks. So I loved TASTE columnist Cathy Erway's piece this week exploring a great American tradition: going to the supermarket.
While it's hard to imagine a world before it, the modern, maximalist grocery store was born on Long Island in the 1930s. Cue the fluorescent lighting and crank up the air-conditioning. It's a tense time in the aisles these days, thanks to stressors like supply chain shortages and rising prices. But, as Cathy writes, the communal ceremony of wandering through a store stocked with everything you need can be affirming. Read it here—and if you're wondering what to add to your shopping list this week, read on for some recipe ideas (and plenty of other inspiration, too).
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