How do I shop for groceries? I found a couple of cookbooks and

>>18015100
try to plan out like a week at a time (in the US rural areas/suburbs) and buy a week's worth of groceries at once. If you live in a larger downtown area that's walkable, or basically anywhere in the EU (to my very limited understanding) you can probably just buy what you need every day after work for use that night.

whatever fits your circumstances chief :). Don't be so retarded people can't handhold you through everything. Buying groceries is something basic. Just buy what you need for now and if you are finding you would have wanted more buy more next time. ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE YOUR NEEDS.

>make a list of the dishes you want to make
>make a list of ingredients you need for those dishes
>buy those ingredients

thats it. there will be overlap so you dont need to buy 3 whole onions for 3 dishes that all ask for just a little bit obviously.

>>18015116
I don't recall asking for a shopping list. I asked what I should know before my fridge is filled with rotten food that I couldn't consume fast enough.

>>18015100
You figure out what you want to make and then you buy the stuff for it.
If you are doing simple recipes you can usually buy just the things you need. If the recipe calls for ingredient you can't buy in small enough quantity, lets say cinnamon pie and you buy a bag of cinnamon then you might want to do something that uses the things have left over.