03 Jan 2012, Posted by admin in EAT + DRINK, 0 Comments

Here’s To Those Salmon Caviar And Freshly Sliced Bacon New Year’s Resolutions

Is it just me, or is the number of new “artisan” food businesses of late completely overwhelming? Overpriced, celebrity-hyped and caked in way too much graphic design make-up, too. Particularly when we have so many longstanding food businesses to explore right around the corner….

So for 2012, I’m giving up one of my Trader Joe’s/Whole Foods cheese trips a month (if those curds are doled out carefully, the occasional semi-affordable treat currently in my pantry larder) in favor of seeking out that little Japanese fish market, Jewish deli and who knows what else might pop up in drive-by culinary sightings. Like that tiny Ukrainian grocer who’s been selling freshly-sliced bacon for the same price as a vac-u sealed package of Oscar-Who-Knows-What at my local chain grocery store. But where have I been buying my bacon the past ten years? Right. Convenient consumption isn’t all it’s so brilliantly marketed to be.

But the weekly farmers market trips stay. Besides, we all need a little kale to fuel that bitter green 2012 outlook — Nothing a few sugar dates can’t fix this time of year.

Happy New Year.