{"id":3088,"date":"2011-04-06T18:30:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-06T22:30:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/?p=3088"},"modified":"2019-06-07T13:41:02","modified_gmt":"2019-06-07T17:41:02","slug":"grocery-shopping-in-new-orleans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/grocery-shopping-in-new-orleans\/","title":{"rendered":"Grocery shopping in New Orleans"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I started doing a tour of some of the farmers markets considered best in the country by various sources: Austin, San Francisco, Montpelier, New Orleans, and of course, New York.<br \/>\nI love learning about a place by checking out what grows locally, what people eat there, how they shop and generally how it&#8217;s the same or different from what I&#8217;m used to.<br \/>\nThough it wasn&#8217;t a farmers market trip, I got some of that same insight last night when John and I made our first trip to a big, strip-mall grocery store in New Orleans.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3089\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3089\" style=\"width: 437px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3089\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2011\/04\/06\/grocery-shopping-in-new-orleans\/rice-and-beans\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3089  \" title=\"rice and beans\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"437\" height=\"328\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/rice-and-beans-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 437px) 100vw, 437px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3089\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">This isn&#039;t even all the rice and beans at Rouses. It&#039;s just what I could capture in the frame.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nI have never seen more rice and beans in my life. <a href=\"http:\/\/today.msnbc.msn.com\/id\/40914494\/ns\/today-food\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Mark Bittman<\/a> would have been so proud of the variety in both rice and beans. (Although he&#8217;d probably be happier if more of the rice were brown instead of white.)<br \/>\nAnd the equipment and spices and such for crawfish boils? Both impressive and offputting. If I were going to do my first boil, I think I&#8217;d stand there paralyzed by the options unless family or friends showed me the way.<br \/>\nI love eating but I also love the insight food gives to culture. And when a big, corporate-looking grocery store serves up an amazing array of hot sauces, some of which I&#8217;ve never heard of, and multiple options of muffaletta olive salad, I feel like I could tell you where I am even without leaving the store.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3090\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3090\" style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><a rel=\"attachment wp-att-3090\" href=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/2011\/04\/06\/grocery-shopping-in-new-orleans\/crawfish-boil\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3090 \" title=\"crawfish boil\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"546\" height=\"410\" srcset=\"https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil-370x278.jpg 370w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil-770x578.jpg 770w, https:\/\/staging.communify.me\/newvinegrowing\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/crawfish-boil-600x450.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3090\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">What brand of crawfish boil do you like? Do you want the pro boil? What size container? They have you covered.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n<strong>What does your favorite grocery store say about your local culture?<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year I started doing a tour of some of the farmers markets considered best in the country by various sources: Austin, San Francisco, Montpelier, New Orleans, and of course, New York. 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