--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, "fflmod" <fflmod@...> wrote: > > I shop at Trader Joe's every week. I have a friend who moved to > Beverly, MA from Denver and said one of the many things his wife > likes about the move is is she can shop at Trader Joe's again. > There are eight Traders Joe's stores within 2 to 8 miles of me.
Although I enjoyed Trader Joe's when I lived in the US, just to present a different view on the subject, these days I can find a bigger and better selection of truly International items, and at better prices, from my neighborhood Albert Heijn supermarket (largest chain in the Netherlands). One of the benefits of living in a truly multinational country is that "international foods" means "ordinary everyday foods, the things that ordinary everyday people eat." I can find more Indonesian, Japanese, Chinese, Mexican, Spanish, French, Chilean, Pacific Islander and whatever foods in my local market than I ever could at Trader Joe's. Same with restaurants; even in the smallest towns there is no ethic food you cannot find -- prepared perfectly, and fairly affordable. It's one of the joys of living here. In many ways it's far more gastronomically international than Paris. And the waiters here aren't rude. :-)
