What Your Grocery Cart Says About You
We combed through a month’s worth of receipts from more than two dozen people across the U.S. to better understand our relationship to the food we buy.
By Priya Krishna, Tanya Sichynsky and
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We combed through a month’s worth of receipts from more than two dozen people across the U.S. to better understand our relationship to the food we buy.
By Priya Krishna, Tanya Sichynsky and
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Cherry and mascarpone, vanilla with soy sauce caramel and more ice cream (sadly without a jingle).
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Pesto is a summer hitmaker, making heirloom tomato tarts, herby potato salads and super quick weeknight pastas sing.
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