Entries from CelinaBean tagged with 'price chopper'

A happy mistake: Clams and mussels in lemongrass and coconut milk broth

Last week, I was too sick to prop my head up and watch movies, much less cook. Now, my first day back in the land of the fully dressed, I was traipsing into Price Chopper to do something about my empty fridge and hopefully dinner. Sniff, shiver, sniff, shiver. The... (read the rest)

posted November 15, 2008

No Trader Joe's, no peace: What's up with Bruce Roter's supermarket activism

I didn't think it was possible, but I finally met a guy who is more obsessed with supermarkets than I am. Well, not any supermarket. Bruce Roter loves Trader Joe's. And not in an abstract, wistful, I-used-to-live-in-Oregon-and-wasn't-it-nice-to-buy-cheap-seasalt-preztel-chips kind of a way. Roter wants Trader Joe's here. Bad. In the last... (read the rest)

posted March 30, 2008

Seaweed salad, affordable greens

I walked into Price Chopper the other day craving greens. (OK, I am pretty much always craving greens, but this was really, truly craving, as in I will get in the car with 4-year-old twins and stand in line and make chit chat with a check out guy in order... (read the rest)

posted October 31, 2007

Artichokes

An old friend who I haven't heard from for a long time sent a comment reminding me that I used to have theory about cooks: Every cook has one ingredient that they try and sneak into as many dishes as possible. Hers was tofu. Mine was artichokes. She wanted to... (read the rest)

posted September 15, 2007