Sorry don't think it is right to ask people to nominate the best supermarket and then ask them to leave certain ones out, so I am going to nominate the Whole Foods in Fairlakes. They have a lot of great venues that you don't see anywhere else. They have a seafood restaurant where a band plays on Saturday, a smokehouse that has every kind of smoke meat that you would want and a sports bar, yes bar, that has like 20 flat screen tvs that show every nfl game on Sunday and college football on Saturday. They also have great beers on tap and do growler fills.

what whole foods are you going to...i tend to visit a lot of them depending on whether i am on the road for work or shopping and i have seen buffalo there all the time.

I can't say enough about Dino in Cleveland Park...You will find authentic Italian dishes that you won't find anywhere else. Great use of local farms, great cheeses and great wines. Dino does it right.

As of yesterday, they have them at the Whole Foods in Old Town.

these posts are right on...a good bolognese should have a consistency somewhere in the neighborhood of a thick stew.

Ciao Bella Ciccolato Sorbetto...not just one of the best sorbets out there, but one of the best frozen treats i.m.h.o.

Try Templeton Rye...Al Capone's whiskey of choice. You got a problem with that? (hahaha) Seriously, it's good stuff.

another favorite of mine that is long lost is the PB Max...I loved those.

Ah...I think I see, we were getting into the semantics I think, you must mean the "natural" section (different from organic) at Wegmans.

I am not being persnickety, but I don't know why it would be in the organic section as it is not organic.

it is definitely at the Whole Foods on Duke St. I just bought some there last night in fact. They have the regular, 2% and fat-free. Maybe they were just out when you were there.

If you are ever in Washington, DC try Zed's. Food is good, not divey at all, and I would consider it more upscale without the "upscale" prices....

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Zed's Ethiopian Cuisine
1201 28th St NW, Washington, DC 20007

You may have spoke too soon because there is an exception..check this out....

http://www.earthy.com/da_Rosario_Orga...

nope

Best Cellars in Dupont does have it.

I work part time at WS.....and the way you were treated was wrong. First of all, the associate should not have argued with you. Secondly, that person would NEVER have been fired for taking a product back. Maybe I work at a really good one, but we have been instructed via our store manager and our Regional Director to do whatever it takes to make the customer leave happy. This has ranged from taking back everything and anything that has been returned (like items that were years old and pans that have clearly been abused) to calling other stores like Sur La Table when we don't carry or don't have an item a customer needs. I can remember a story I was told when I was hired about an associate who once gave a customer a hard time about a return concerning a toaster. She had went out to dinner one night with Chuck Williams and the CEO Howard Lester and they pretty much told her that it is silly to lose a customer over a toaster. Bottom line, you were right, the employee was wrong.

La Badia was already posted....go with that....great place to stay!

If you want some "authentic" Italian dishes, turn to (believe it or not) Jamie Oliver's Italy cookbook or Lidia's Italy to give you a good idea of what dishes would be considered authentic.

try here...

http://www.agferrari.com/index.php/it...

Are you serious? There is a Wegmans by me that sells black truffles for around $500 a pound. By doing what you are suggesting could cost somewhere in the neighborhood of $125, nevermind the fact that someone could make a mistake during the air drying process and ruin the truffle.

Plus the New York Times made it sound like a good alternative despite the "essence." Either way, this brand has not been reviewed in this thread, but I think the people who have reviewed so far have had good success with their truffle salt.

Seasonal for California is what I meant.

My wife and I first bought a jar of the Casina Rossa truffle salt on our honeymoon in Italy a few year ago. It is great on a lot of things, eggs, risotto, pasta.

They are now selling this brand at Williams Sonoma for around $30. I might pick up a jar when we our done with our current one.

It could be a seasonal thing, but that is just a guess on my part.

If you get to the bottom of this Jfood, will you please post your what you find here? I am very interested in this thread, and am wondering if I should make the switch from plastic to glass. Many thanks.

Thanks for the tips, but may I ask why glass and not plastic? I am very curious, as I currently am storing my coffee beans in plastic containers, but will change if that is no good for the beans.

was just given a bottle of Jefferson's Reserve for the holidays...hope it is good.

At best Il Raddichio can be considered somewhat authentic Italian, but Listrani's is definitely an Italian-American red sauce joint. For truly authentic Italian, I think you will have to move up a little from cheap, to moderately priced and for that you can't beat Dino in Clevland Park with Bebo Trattoria in Crystal City coming in second.

aged cheeses such as a parmigiano are no problem, especially when vacuum sealed. my wife recently brought back a ton of cheese from italy....no issue at all....try bring any meat back however, that is a whole 'nother issue...someone is enjoying my wild boar salami right now, but it is not me.

Amiccis is fair, but nothing they serve would be close to being considered as "authentic Italian."

since you brought up the topic bigjeff, fruit combinations like that are rarely combinations of GMO research as most people think. GMO involves taking the DNA of one organism and altering it using the DNA of another organism. Do some research on what are called "fish tomatoes." New fruit combinations really aren't genetically modified in labs, more often than not that are results of cross-pollination or cross-hybriding....so I wouldn't get too freaked.