The greatest grocery store eats

Grocery store feasts, eggplant, the Jonathan Gold menu project and more!

• Ukrainian chef Olia Hercules shares family stories and recipes passed down through four generations
• Tien Nguyen opens the LA Public Library's archives to explore vintage restaurant menus and remembers Jonathan Gold's crucial essay about eating on Pico Blvd
• Vanessa Anderson — aka the Grocery Goblin — profiles grocery stores where you can grab a great meal
• Meera Sodha has low-effort, high-reward dinner ideas that use summer vegetables
• When eggplant hits farmers markets, chef Evan Algorri knows what to do with it

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