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Foodie at Large: Whole Foods, Union Square

20007_3_23 Nina.JPG Whole Foods is a mixed blessing in my mind. While it helps solidify the suburbanization of New York, Ill admit that its aisles of attractive packaging and beautiful pieces of fish are hard to resist.

Foodie At Large

Name: Nina
Lives: Midtown
Age: 20
Occupation: NYU student studying drama and business with career aspirations of working in the entertainment industry
Buying: wild gulf shrimp
Other shopping bag items: tomatoes, onions and garlic for a tomato salad
Future goals: Nina would like to open her own restaurant in Houston, where her family currently lives

Nina is planning to make the classic shrimp scampi tonight. Her version is even simpler than the traditional recipe: perfect for a busy student. Saut the shrimp in olive oil. Remove shrimp. Add garlic, white wine, salt and pepper to the remaining oil and cook for about a minute. Return shrimp to the pan and remove from heat. Nina likes to serve it with wild rice.

More Whole Foods fish: bay scallops, $7.99/lb; branzini, $9.99/lb; snapper, $7.99/lb; mussels, $1.99/lb; cleaned squid, $5.99/lb.

Comments (3)

Ohhh! Wild Gulf shrimp! Is that what Forest and Bubba were talking about when they decided to start BubbaGump Shrimp?

posted by Pierre on 2007-03-23 13:05:00

Wow! Nina is cute, and she can cook! It's too bad that I'm allergic to shrimp.

posted by Pierre on 2007-03-23 12:59:04

Isn't Whole Foods wonderful? I had never heard of them before until I got off the subway at Union Square and saw it for the first time in my life (I was up in NYC visiting my grandmother last year). I instantly fell in love with everything WFM had and have been harping about them ever since! I also recently found out that they are building one in my city this year! Ah~ bliss!

posted by Zina (international foodie) on 2007-03-23 22:28:32
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