https://crystal.castle.cc/tag/peanut-butter/ Recent content in Peanut Butter on adventures of an omnomnomnivore in NYC Hugo en-US Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:25:38 -0500 https://crystal.castle.cc/2011/01/10/finding-sticky-gold-the-greatest-grocery-store-in-bra/ Mon, 10 Jan 2011 18:25:38 -0500 https://crystal.castle.cc/2011/01/10/finding-sticky-gold-the-greatest-grocery-store-in-bra/ <p><a href="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_2673.jpg"><img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" class="aligncenter size-full wp-image-1228" title="IMG_2673" src="https://crystal.castle.cc/wp-content/uploads/2011/01/img_2673.jpg" alt="" width="450" height="600" /></a></p> <p><em>Publication forthcoming in the January 2011 edition of the <a href="http://www.ergolabcom-unisg.it/cgi-bin/dada/mail.cgi/list/unisgnl/">UNISG newsletter</a></em></p> <p>The discontent arrived in fits and starts. Mere days after arriving in Italy, I stood crestfallen at the market, valiantly searching for a bunch of cilantro. Piles of parsley surrounded me, a taunting, isomorphic reminder that I was far from home. The bulk bins were swollen with cannellini beans and lentils, but there was nary a sign of black beans. In the baking aisle, I combed the shelves for baking powder. Instead, thin packages with florid photos of cakes touted the ammonia-based leavening agent inside. Skeptical, I stifled my frustration and went home to yet another meal with pasta.</p>