Great (and not-so great) finds at Whole Foods

[El Diablo]

Astro had a great thread on Trader Joe's finds (see resource guide thread for link). I've recently started shopping at Whole Foods more, so figured a similar thread might be good.

So far, here are two new frozen items I've tried from there:

Amy's Ravioli bowl. I'm generally a big fan of Amy's stuff, I've tried a bunch in the past that has been good. This was pretty crappy. Sorta bland and not the greatest texture. http://www.amys.com/products/categor...od_category=12

Whole Kitchen (Whole Foods private label) Pad Thai w/ Tofu. This was sorta gross. It was spicy and decent flavor I guess, but it pretty much sucked. The noodles were kinda mushy and sticky and the sauce was too peanuty and the tofu was pretty tasteless. Yeah, crap.

They do have Orange flavor Crystal Geyser sparkling water, which is phenomenal. Most places only carry plain/lemon/lime.

Feel free to comment on everything here, not just prepared/packaged stuff.

[nyc999]

IMO, it's one of the best places for fresh meat (especially steak), seafood and fruit.

I've had mixed results with their sauces. I had a garlic-based tomato sauce that was pretty damn good, but I threw away a piece of meat I had marinated with their BBQ sauce.

[mikeyKay]

I got a dungeness crab there once and it wasnt so hot, but this was in denver. even tho the whole crab sucked, their dungeness crab cakes, and blue crab cakes were both real good.

-mike

[bugstud]

awesome things at whole foods:

Red dragon cheese w/mustard seed and ale (and in general cheese selection)
sweetened dried cranberries
whatever fresh salsa they make with garlic
all the different weird types of sausages
seattle sorbet

things I hate:
them getting rid of peppered salami logs.

[WillMagic]

6-pack of chocolate chip cookies. OH MY GOD those cookies seriously kept me going there for months.

Amy's Cheese and Pesto Pizza is also really good.

[Benal]

I'm hooked on Açai Organic Smoothies which you can buy at Whole Foods

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[thatpfunk]

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re: whole foods

i dont shop there often enough, unfortunately, but have never had a bad experience with any of their in-store lunch stuff (sammys, salads, etc). the place is as perfect as i can imagine a grocery being (ignoring outrageous prices).

[lippy]

How does Whole Foods compare to TJ's in regards to price, taste and selection?

[punkass]

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How does Whole Foods compare to TJ's in regards to price, taste and selection?

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price: much much more expensive. Quality is generally top notch. You can get prime cut beef. Gourmet quality everything. Any kind of cheese and wine you ever want. This is probably where most of the high price comes from.

Taste: Every time I go to WF, I can get samples of dozens of things. They all taste good. Their prepared foods is delicious, if not really overpriced. Desserts are excellent as well.

Selection: There aren't more selections (excluding wine and cheese) across the board. They just have better selections. I don't think you'll find any generic mac and cheese boxes or even Kraft, but you may find a 6 cheese gourmet mac and cheese that costs 4x as much.