My friend and I were just discussing how hard it is to keep a low grocery budget and still eat healthily in New York City when today, I walked through Citarella on the Upper East Side (a fancy grocery store I’ve never purchased anything in before), and I found non-organic radicchio for $14.95/pound. How is that even possible that a vegetable could be that expensive? My friend tries to exclusively buy organic produce, but this isn’t even organic or exotic, and it’s over $10/pound.

I don’t understand how people shop here regularly for everyday groceries, especially when I see people queuing up after work for their produce and meat purchases. It makes no sense to me, or maybe they don’t care about the cost of groceries because they just never eat out. This city will always be an anomaly when it comes to the proportion of people who cook few or none of their meals at all.