Do You Really Know What You're Eating?: Welcome, Holly

Attention food shoppers

We are legions -- legions who are sorely neglected by the media, which prefer glorifying chefs. I love restaurants as much as anyone else, but feel that most are unresponsive to customers who want to know how the food they are eating was grown or raised. I hope my blog will be a valuable resource for helping you find the healthiest food in supermarkets, specialty stores and restaurants in northern New Jersey. In the past five years, I stopped eating meat, poultry, bread and pizza, and now focus on a heart-healthy diet of seafood, vegetables, fruit, whole-wheat pasta and brown rice. I'm happiest when I am eating. -- VICTOR E. SASSON

Tuesday, May 25, 2010

Welcome, Holly

Image by kantokuruza via Flickr

I tried to publish a comment from Holly on whether Costco farmed salmon contains growth hormones, but can't seem to locate the post she commented on. But she is right, if Costco fish didn't contain additives such as antibiotics, the store would say so. The label does say farmed salmon has added color.

Whole Foods Market provides far more information about its farmed fish than does Costco. As a result, I almost always buy wild-caught seafood at Costco.

The good news is that wild salmon from Alaska should start appearing at Costco in a couple of weeks and be available until the fall.

(Photo: Sushi at Costco.)