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Sabotaged

Some days I read Gourmet or Cooking Light and feel totally motivated to cook delicious, fresh food for dinner, pack up leftovers for lunch, and skip the trashy snacks that tempt me all day at work.

Then there are days like Tuesday. My dinner consisted of potato salad, gruyere cheese and brownies. HEALTHY!

I did feel a wee bit like it wasn't my fault. After work on Tuesday I went to Trader Joe's, where I do 90% of our food shopping, to stock up on fresh fruit and veggies and other good stuff. The shelves around the perimeter of the store were empty -- the shelves with all the produce, meat, bread, milk, etc. Handwritten signs explained that due to Monday's immigration demonstrations and labor walkouts, none of Tuesday's food deliveries came, and therefore there was NO FRESH FOOD. Oh, how I wish I'd had a camera to immortalize the empty, empty shelves. I imagine that the other markets in the city had the same problem. At least the ones that stock fresh food every day.

I'm not complaining about the demonstrations; I can shop for produce tomorrow. it just never occurred to me that they would have this effect. And I suppose that was the point.

May 3, 2006 3:24 PM