NOSH

It's the name of my new favourite gourmet grocery store. It only opened in Hamilton earlier this month, but has already become a weekly stop in my food shopping itinerary. Like anything that attaches the 'gourmet' label to it, a lot of the stuff is expensive, so I usually only buy some of the stuff that features in their weekly specials - which can make the price the same of even cheaper than the mainstream supermarkets (for the things that mainstream supermarkets stock!) and is better quality. It is also nice to have a place to go to get those more special ingredients that mainstream supermarkets don't stock eg. speck (I looked everywhere for this for one of my Christmas day dishes, and couldn't find it anywhere!).