April 13, 2005
Now the dirt comes out… 😉
There are somethings you need to know, Gentle Reader, so you don’t misconstrue, misunderstand, or perhaps GET THE WRONG IDEA about food.
When I ask Kim what she would like for breakfast, lunch or dinner, she invariably says “I don’t know.” Recently I asked her if she’d like me to make the vegetarian dish I’ll be serving for the workshops. The conversation went something like this.
“Hmmm. No, I think…” Wait for it, “I think I’ll have…” here it comes “some nice..” don’t be shocked, “Cheerios.”
Kim will eat Cheerios day and night and if you don’t believe me, ask her sister, Suzanne. It’s her default food. That and lattes.
I, however, like Calzone probably as much as she likes her Cheerios. (Well, that’s not quite right because I don’t eat it everyday.) So, even if I make them myself, I’ll make a Calzone. I did a vegetarian one the other day. When I don’t make it our local pizza parlor does a nice one. She is the same way with wine. We have similar conversations that start out, “Would you like a nice 1988 Haut Brion…”
With all due respect to Whole Foods, I think that Honest Weight, except for their produce, is just as good, especially in the dried goods department and in the cheese department. And Price Chopper comes a close second to Whole Foods in the produce department. Of course, Whole Foods’ presentation, that is marketing, is better but I don’t think the quality of their foods is that much better. Certainly they are bigger.
Kim hardly goes out food shopping and when she does she goes to our local Grand Union which is good for eggs, milk and the occasional emergencies and that’s about it. So, it’s understandable that she feels this way about Whole Foods. Actually, I think she misses California. 🙂
You know, unless we have to, we don’t get out that much. Everything happens here at the inn. As a matter of fact, Sysco and John our local fishmonger will be delivering most of our foods, produce, meat, fish, dried goods, milk, OJ, you name it. Not to mention Sofco delivers our cleaning supplies and other things like that. So, we don’t have to go anywhere for anything.
Well, there you have it. The underbelly of the inn. 😉 Now we are off to San Diego.