In California, eating healthy is a way of life. But here in New York, it’s a completely different world – a world where orange soda is a totally acceptable replacement for breast milk.And when in Rome… my mom and I crossed the border into Connecticut and went food shopping at Stew Leonard’s. It’s like a farmer’s market meets amusement park meets military operation, with food so amazing and fresh you can’t help but fork over a few hundred bucks for a few thousand calories of goodness.
In front of the store, a full petting zoo.
Instead of aisles, customers follow a maze-like path through sections, each one more magnificent than the last. Here’s the XXXL seafood department.
And a bakery department that would make Willie Wonka’s head explode.
Along the way, mutant animatronic foods (like these tranny-looking sticks of butter) keep you entertained while you shop.
Perfect for interfaith families to celebrate both holidays.
I call this “Chinese Torture.”
If that cow could read, he’d wipe that smile off his face, pronto.
Our purchases, pictured clockwise from left: sliced Rye bread, assorted cookies, kettle-style potato chips, two full slabs of Chinese ribs, apple cider, cranberry-grape juice, OJ, strawberry Greek yogurt, chocolate/vanilla swirled ice cream, fried rice, two quarts of wonton soup, clam chowder, red grapes, organic carrots, sushi, lobster rolls, vegetable egg rolls, chicken pot stickers, four-flavor cheese cake, pumpkin pie, Maryland crab cakes, turkey/swiss-cheese croissants, chicken parmesan loaf.
