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- I travel every six weeks between New York City and Tel Aviv, Israel.
- I've found there are several foods that are common in the United States that you can hardly find in Israel, including breakfast pastries, blueberries, and some popular organic brands.
- Here are the food products I miss the most while I'm outside the US.
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Americans' access to Amazon, Whole Foods, and Trader Joe's means we take many, many, many things for granted.
That's something I only came to truly appreciate once I started living between New York and Tel Aviv. I've been traveling back and forth between the US and Israel every six weeks for the past four years, and over that time, I've come to miss certain foods I can only seem to find in America.
Israel is a seasonal and mostly local country when it comes to food. You don't have strawberries in the summer, you don't have peaches in the winter, and you have blueberries … never. If it's not in season, you are not getting it.
Import taxes are astronomical, too, which means that you don't get all the packaged goods many Americans can't live without, like breakfast pastries, cookie dough, and some popular organic brands.
Here's a look at the food products I miss the most when I'm away from the US.