No matter what else is on my list, these are the top five budget- and meal-savers that I pick up every time. But shopping at your local international markets can be a great way to help keep your grocery costs low - and beyond that, can also spark some truly lovely meals.Īt my local Asian market, I never spend over $20 on a purchase - honestly, I rarely spend over $15 - and the non-perishables that I get usually last me the month. I think there are a number of common misconceptions surrounding the idea of them: that “specialty” implies a higher price tag, that the ingredients sold are difficult to cook with, that it requires some sort of acquired taste or instinct.
Some of the most kitchen-savvy people I know still feel bewildered by international or specialty markets - and I completely get it. I know those Sundays are not a universal experience. My mom would buy my sister and me each a box of Pocky before she sent us to pick out our school snacks for the week: little individual lychee jellies in a giant plastic tub crisp, sesame-toasted seaweed strips frosting-stuffed biscuits the size of my thumb. The real adventure came on Sunday mornings, when we piled into the car with all the canvas bags we owned, two coolers, and mom’s dry cleaning, and drove to the nearest Asian market two towns and an hour away. Growing up, we just went to the one that was closest: Pick N’ Save, Meijer’s, Publix, Econofoods, any supermarket that had a magazine section where my sister and I could read while my parents piled the cart with family packs of chicken thighs, ten-pound bags of onions and potatoes, and a miscellaneous assortment of whatever green vegetables were on sale that week.
My family has never had intense grocery store loyalty.
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