The artisanal dry goods are a mix of local (hand-labelled bottles of upstate maple syrup) and imported (Sicilian anchovies in salt) the stuff gift baskets are made of.

NEWYORKER: Il Buco Alimentari e Vineria

There are full-service counters for fruit, vegetables, meat and cheese, shelves stocked with dry goods, a bakery and a discount section that circles the perimeter.

FORBES: The Anti-Wal-Mart

His first job, in a general trading firm in Warsaw, involved him writing letters in Yiddish about the price of dry goods, but alongside this he knew a charmed existence close to nature in the wilds of north-eastern Poland, hunting or just tracking a legendary variety of game.

ECONOMIST: Memoirs