tim's journal

Country Sun

My wife stopped by Country Sun today. It was her first time there. According to her, pretty intimate. They have a large section of herbal remedies. I've heard of Country Sun before, is it a chain? It was "quite organized and clean". Mostly older white women, friendly and nice - "certainly friendlier than Molly Stones". They have steel cut oats there for 99 cents a pound. Is that expensive? Wheat berries were $7.49 a pound. Maybe you only eat a few at a time. They also have a whole lot of beans, navy beans, mung beans, kidney beans, mazuki beans, green split pea, red lentils - all sorts "very beautiful and incredibly good for you." And so many varieties of granola, even one spelled "grinola".

I checked... there is only one.

Founded by a group of local professionals in 1971, Country Sun began as a 'full-service natural foods market', different from the usual fare provided by health food stores at that time. The store quickly outgrew its original address and in 1984, moved a few storefronts down to its current location at 440 S. California Avenue in Palo Alto, California.

"It's not pretentious... I think Andronico's is pretentious."

Update: Unbelieveable. She even found the famous "TastyBite" insta-Indian food there. Madras Lentils Dal Makhani - whole lentils and red kidney beans simmered in a creamy sauce of onions, tomatoes, ginger and herbs. No refrigerator required! I'll definitely blog about this later. It's a product of India - $3-4, make your own rice.