Down the Road

Photographs and stories by Jim Grey

Tag: potato chips

  • How the modern potato chip was ruined, and what you can do about it

    I love a good potato chip. And good ones are hard to find. That’s because most chips today are just salt and crunch. We want our salty snacks, but we don’t want them to be too bad for us. Most chipmakers have responded by frying in so-called “good oils” low in saturated fat and trans fat, such…

  • Captured: Rife’s Market

    I visited my friend Alice in Columbus, Ohio, the weekend before last. We ended up taking in the galleries, thrift stores, and specialty shops along Grandview Ave. and 5th Ave. near the Upper Arlington neighborhood. Rife’s Market stands on the southeast corner of 5th and Grandview. It’s a real throwback – meat and produce in…