hackensack market : 10 Recipes
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Contradictons at Costco
Image via Wikipedia For about six months every year, Costco sells wild salmon and artificially colored farm salmon side by side. You'll also notice this in the chicken and meat sections -- organic poultry and organic or[...] |
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Summer's bounty at the table
Image via Wikipedia The produce I bought at farmers' markets last week continues to pay dividends. This morning, I warmed up grilled eggplant and squash left over from Sunday dinner, and assembled a sandwich on fresh, 100%[...] |
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When I really needed tomatoes
Image via Wikipedia I planned to have a Roma tomato with breakfast Saturday morning, but when I opened the clear-plastic container, I could see a black spot forming on one and another split open and oozing[...] |
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Searching for Moroccan fish balls
Image by State Library and Archives of Florida via Flickr For Passover, traditional gefilte fish is being challenged by Moroccan fish bites. This sounds intriguing, I thought as I read a newspaper interview[...] |
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Frustrating search ends close to home
Image via Wikipedia We love the national holidays, because they are the ideal time to drive into Manhattan and try a new restaurant. There's usually less traffic and you can park almost anywhere, plus you don't have to feed the[...] |
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Keep your hands off the fruit, please
Image via Wikipedia Costco shoppers are by and large a weird bunch, and watching them during my once- or twice-a-week visits to the Hackensack warehouse store isn't amusing. Why does saving money bring out such bad behavior?[...] |
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Shopping for a couple of good dinners
Image via Wikipedia Our cleaned Spanish mackerel weighed 1.17 pounds and served three. Me and my wife did a lot of food shopping Monday and Tuesday to assemble a couple of home-cooked meals -- a big pot of soup with chicken[...] |
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Shopping, eating and restaurant notes
Image by g[wiz] via Flickr If we eat meatless meals, do I have to do less food shopping? We started our regimen on Sunday, I made my weekly visit to Costco on Monday and didn't go food shopping again until today, when I[...] |
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Charities stand vigil at checkout counter
Image via Wikipedia Planting a tree. At Costco in Hackensack, you're asked if you want to contribute to a children's hospital. At IKEA in Paramus, you can ring up your own purchases and, for $1, plant a tree.[...] |
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Checking out the food at BJ's Wholesale Club
Image by MattHurst via Flickr I am a big fan of the food sold at Costco, but it's not the only game in town. On Monday, I started a two-month trial membership at BJ's Wholesale Club at Routes 17 and 4 in Paramus. I had to bring an[...] |