Would Have Bought That 5-pound Bag of Pasta By Lisa Morales
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f you’re like me, you’ve probably had at least one, “if I could turn back time” moment since the beginning of the pandemic. Am I right? Mine is that I would have bought a ve-pound bag (or two) of pasta from The Italian Depot at Yellow Green Farmer’s Market in Hollywood, Florida. If only I had known
The Last Saturda It was Saturday, March 14th, 2020. Like most Saturdays, I’d wake up early; put on my running clothes; pack a cooler with lots of ice in the back of my SUV; and drive to Yellow Green to buy groceries before heading over to the beach for a long run. My rst stop would be at The Italian Depot to pick up olive oil, a can or two of San Marzano tomatoes, Tipo 00 our, and pasta
ve-pound bags of pasta on sale for $3.00 each. It’s a special too good to pass up. “Stock up on olive oil before I sell it all to a restaurant,” he told me. I replied, “I live day-by-day, thanks. See you next week! Little did I know that Yellow Green would close the following week because of the COVID lockdown. Fortunately, now one year later, it has nally reopened. I and at least 56,800 other people (based on their Instagram account) were heartbroken for more than 12 months This is my tribute to the reopening of Yellow Green Farmer’s Market. Although close to home, it was my rst destination before I even thought of another trip, and here’s where I stopped
The Italian Depo At checkout, the cashier knew to make me a cappuccino served in a paper cup with a lid so I could sip it while strolling through the market. Sometimes it was on the house or served with a couple of delicious Limoncello chocolates— yummy Usually, I’d chat with the owner, and he’d always try to sell me something else before I walked out. On this particular day, he had
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The Italian Depot sells only made-in-Italy products such as pasta, our, olive oil, canned
