Happy New Year

From the bottom of a Save-On Foods grocery cart

Dear Friends of Dr. Waffle,

Fifteen years ago I discovered a grocery list at the bottom of a shopping cart on Commercial Drive in Vancouver. Every year, on New Year’s Day, I re-post the list on social media, because The List is—quite simply—sublime. Three years ago I finally got around to writing an essay about this most marvelous document, but of course no essay could hope to do full justice to the utterly crackerpants nature of the source material.

Here, for your delectation and amusement, is The List (and the essay) in all its glory. I hope you enjoy, and I hope that 2025 brings you peace, joy, fulfilment, and love.

xo
Dr. Waffle 🧇❤️