Category: Food Products
Peace Tea: Where to Buy It Now, Which Flavors Are Left, and What Changed
Peace Tea never went away, though plenty of longtime drinkers are convinced it did. The cans shrank, the lineup got shorter, and…
Cotton Candy Grapes: Where to Buy Them and How to Pick a Good Bunch
Cotton candy grapes are back in produce sections, and the domestic crop typically runs from midsummer into fall. Timing is only half…
Citric Acid: Where to Buy It, Which Grade to Get, and Why Stores Call It Sour Salt
Finding citric acid is rarely a stock problem. It is a location problem. The same white powder sits in four departments depending…
Coconut Oil: Where to Buy Online and In Store, Plus What to Look For
Buying coconut oil looks simple until you are holding two jars at the same price that say completely different things. Virgin or…
Cheesecake: Where to Buy the Best Options Online and In Store
Buying a cheesecake is a different job from baking one. The one you want might sit in a supermarket freezer case, wait…
Brine Bags: Where to Buy Online and In Store for Perfectly Seasoned Meat
Shopping for brine bags in July? That timing is the whole problem. This is a Thanksgiving product, and most stores hang it…
Cotija Cheese: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Most shoppers looking for cotija cheese walk right past it. It rarely sits with the cheddar and mozzarella in the dairy case.…
Arctic Zero: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Arctic Zero is still around, but tracking down a pint takes more work than it did five years ago. Distribution has been…
Plantains: Where to Buy Them and How to Pick the Right Ripeness
Plantains are starchy cooking bananas sold at every stage of ripeness, and the color of the peel decides what you can cook.…
Ezekiel Bread: Where to Buy It, What to Look For, and What to Skip
Ezekiel bread is easy to love and weirdly hard to locate. Food for Life bakes it with no flour, no added sugar,…
Chia Seeds: Where to Buy, What to Look For, and What to Avoid
Chia seeds are one of the few pantry staples where the cheap bag and the expensive one are often the same commodity…
Jackfruit: Where to Buy Online and In Store, Plus Which Form to Get
Buying jackfruit goes wrong for one reason more than any other: shoppers grab the wrong form. Young green jackfruit canned in brine…
Where to Buy Takis: Best Flavors, Prices, and Stores
Takis are rolled tortilla chips coated in chili and lime powder, and they sell almost everywhere in the USA, from supercenter aisles…
Funnel Cake: Where to Buy Mix, Kits, and Frozen Rounds
Funnel cake is the lacy ribbon of fried batter under a snowdrift of powdered sugar that makes a state fair worth the…
Crawfish: Where to Buy Live, Boiled, and Frozen
Crawfish are easy to buy and easy to buy badly, and the difference is mostly timing. The live Louisiana run is a…
Grinds Coffee Pouches: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Grinds coffee pouches are tobacco-free oral pouches packed with real ground coffee, and nearly all of them move through two channels: the…
Buffalo Wild Wings Sauce: Where to Buy Bottles Online and In Store
Buffalo Wild Wings sauce is sold at retail in 12 fl oz bottles, and that lineup is far shorter than the menu…
Tres Leches Cake: Where to Buy Online and In Store
A store-bought tres leches cake is easiest to find at a neighborhood panadería, a supermarket bakery like H-E-B, Kroger, Publix, or Walmart,…
Dippin Dots: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Dippin’ Dots are beads of ice cream flash frozen in liquid nitrogen, and for most of its run the only way to…
Where to Buy Grenadine: Brands, Prices, and When to Make Your Own
Grenadine sits behind almost every bar in America, yet most shoppers have no idea which aisle holds it. The short answer: liquor…
Coconut Bread: Where to Buy Online and In Store
Coconut bread is easier to find than shoppers expect, just rarely where they look first. The regular bakery aisle almost never carries…
Coconuts: Where to Buy, How to Pick a Good One, and What to Avoid
Fresh coconuts sit in the produce section of most large supermarkets, so finding one is rarely the hard part. Picking a good…
Tea: Where to Buy Loose Leaf, Bags, and Matcha Online or In Store
Where to buy tea: best grocery aisles, specialty online shops (Harney & Sons, Adagio, Republic of Tea), Amazon picks, and matcha sources…
Stumptown Coffee: Where to Buy It, What to Get, and What to Skip
Stumptown coffee is easier to buy than it was a decade ago, and harder to buy well. The bag you want and…
