I guess I'm a West coaster these days. Much as I like Baltimore so far a few things rub me the wrong way. Mostly food-related I think. I cannot buy beer or wine in Safeway-equivalents or on Sunday. And today I went looking (telephonically) for foie gras.
A totally fruitless pursuit. I called three of Baltimore's best-known gourmet food stores and at two of them I got "what is foie gras?". The third knew but said that they had discontinued carrying it for "lack of interest".
Damn good thing I can mail order it. It's not like I eat a lot.. maybe two or three tins a year. But it's the little luxuries that make a difference, you know?