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Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart
Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart, 5888 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA 22041, 703-578-0622 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | Ylp] Previous review 3. Lara Lee, Coconut and Sambal: Recipes from my Indonesian Kitchen. Yes, I have been … Continue reading
Posted in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Food Stores, Indonesian, Thai, Virginia
Tagged cooking, Duangrat's, Duangrat's Oriental Food Mart, food store, Indonesia, thai
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Comfort foods make a comeback
Comfort foods from big brands are seeing a resurgence, executives say, as consumers seek familiarity and convenience amid the coronavirus pandemic. Many shoppers have favored fresh and specialty brands over Big Food’s processed products in recent years, while others have … Continue reading
Posted in American, Food Stores
Tagged comfort food, fermented foods, frozen corn, Marginal Revolution, pickles
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Relative rates of fraud
About 21% of delivery customers worry the driver may have nibbled their order en route—and with good reason, according to a new study of delivery gripes. Some 28% of drivers say they were unable to resist taking a bite. Here … Continue reading
Posted in Economics of Dining, Food Stores
Tagged delivery, fraud, take out
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Toli Moli Burmese Bodega
Toli Moli Burmese Bodega, web site, 1309 5th St NE, Union Market, Washington, DC, phone not given, often they close by eight. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Google | WaPo | Washingtonian | Ylp] Mostly a southeast … Continue reading
Posted in Burmese, DC, Food Stores, Union Market / Gallaudet University
Tagged Burmese Bodega, catfish curry, coconut curry, grocery, southeast Asian, southeast Asian grocery, Toli Moli, Toli Moli Burmese Bodega, Union Market
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Are there “food deserts” as a dietary problem?
Via Jacob A. Geller, the evidence is now in and it seems to suggest no, food deserts are not a real problem: Here is more, and here is the study itself. If you look at the statistical tables, they’re pretty … Continue reading
Posted in Food Stores
Tagged fast food, food desert, food deserts, obesity, _g-X8GNBYCM
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More food writers should be making this kind of point
Arabic Knowledge@Wharton: So when companies like Wal-Mart bring their logistics ability to Africa, it actually could be a good thing for the poor people of Africa? Cowen: It’s exactly what we need more of. Yes. Arabic Knowledge@Wharton: Yet there’s a … Continue reading
Posted in African, Economics of Dining, Food Stores, General remarks, Outside DC
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Scaling the Great Wall
Great Wall Supermarket, web site, 2982 Gallows Road, Falls Church, VA, 703-208-3320 (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [Patch | Yahoo Local | Yelp] Here is my essay from Washingtonian magazine, adapted from An Economist Gets Lunch, about … Continue reading
Posted in An Economist Gets Lunch, Books, Fairfax, Food Stores, Virginia
Tagged An Economist Gets Lunch, Falls Church, Great Wall, Great Wall Supermarket, live animals
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Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart
Duangrat’s Oriental Food Mart, web site, 5888 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, VA, near Bailey’s Crossroads, 703-578-0622, usually they close at 8 pm, right next to Rabieng and around the corner from Duangrat’s. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) … Continue reading
Posted in Bailey's Crossroads, Falls Church/Seven Corners, Food Stores, Thai, The Best, Virginia
Tagged Beef Nam Tok, Duangrat's, Nam Kao Tod
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Yas Bakery, and Gourmet Groceries
Yas Bakery, and Gourmet Groceries, 131 A West Maple Avenue, Vienna, VA, 703-242-2800 or 703-242-4050, across from Magruder’s, not easily visible from the street. (Metro Trip Planner – opens in new window) [insider pages] I don’t usually cover ethnic groceries, … Continue reading
Posted in Food Stores, Persian, The Best, Vienna/Tysons, Virginia
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