February 20, 2005
Whole Foods
Today I made my first visit to Whole Foods , the ultimate yuppie supermarket. This is the place to shop if you enjoy paying a 50-100% markup over traditional supermarket prices so that you can feel good about how much you are doing for the native tribesmen of Mek-a-lek-a-ding-dong. Aside from that, they do have a good selection of international and esoteric foods. Here are some reasons you might want to shop there:
- Patak's Cooking Sauces . I really like these Indian sauces. My roommate Brett from Extreme Blue last summer tipped me off to them. You simply cook 1 lb. of chicken, dump in the sauce, and let it simmer for 20 minutes. Combine with rice and you've got a solid meal. (These sauces are available at some Giant Eagles too.)
- Garden of Eatin' Red Hot Blues . These corn chips are ridiculously good (and spicy). I found out about them when one of the Near-Time guys bought some when I was in NC last November.
- Whole Foods Dried Apple Rings. A coworker brought some of these in to work a couple of weeks ago. They are a good snack.
Hopefully I can continue to shop at Whole Foods occasionally without succumbing to the powerful forces of yuppification therein.
Posted by Dirtae at February 20, 2005 09:07 PMHaha, yeah they have those out here (who'd have thought?) too. I've yet to venture into one, but perhaps I'll stop by one to try out the things on your list.
Posted by: Jason Marr at February 21, 2005 01:53 AMAlbeit no yuppie, I wish they'd put one in the South Hills. I refuse to drive all the way down there to buy my Tom's of Maine toothpaste for $2 cheaper than Giant Eagle.
Posted by: shar at February 26, 2005 08:55 PMThere might be a Whole Foods in the South Hills (well, Carnegie) before too long:
http://www.bizjournals.com/pittsburgh/stories/2005/02/14/story1.html
Posted by: Chris Winters at March 11, 2005 11:51 PM
