All I wanted was a bowl of cereal.

我想要的只是一碗麦片。

So I did what anybody would do: I walked to the closest cafe, bought an iced coffee, and filled the empty cup with milk.

所以我像其他人那样，走到最近的咖啡馆，买了一杯冰咖啡，并在空杯中倒入牛奶。

This is how much I hate grocery shopping. I will do anything, including pilfer¹, to avoid the task. As a result, my kitchen is so barren and spotless that you could eat off the floor - if I ever had food to serve on it, that is. Were it not for my roommate, I'd probably unplug my fridge to save the energy.

我就是这么讨厌逛超市。我愿意做任何事（包括偷窃），也不愿逛超市。所以，我的厨房啥也没有、纤尘不染，甚至可以坐在地板上吃东西--如果可以这样上菜的话，我会这么做的。如果不是因为还有一个室友，我可能会拔掉冰箱插头省电的。

Being a food writer, I've always kept this dirty little secret to myself, afraid that colleagues and readers would label me as a fraud.

作为一名美食作家，我总是将这些'肮脏的小秘密'埋藏心底，担心同事和读者为此给我贴上'骗子'的标签。

But just because I despise the chore and (gasp!) actually hate to cook doesn't compromise my taste or make me unqualified to judge the quality of a meal. In fact, who better to critique a chef-prepared dish than someone who eats 600 of them a year?

但鄙视逛超市，（大喘气）不喜欢烹饪这一点并不会影响我的品味，也不能说明我没有资格评判一顿饭的好坏。事实上，谁能比我更有资格评判一位厨师准备的菜肴呢，毕竟我一年会品尝600位厨师的手艺。

I should acknowledge that it's a luxury to be in a position where I can dislike grocery shopping and afford to eat out. I don't live in a food desert. I'm a single woman with no family to feed, and I have disposable income to spend on dining out. I recognize that these things grant me a level of privilege not everybody experiences.

我承认，我不喜欢逛超市，也吃得起外面的食物，这样的处境的确是种奢侈。在我生活的地方，食物并不匮乏。但我是一位单身女性啊，并不需要养家糊口，我可以自由支配收入，出去就餐。我意识到这些情况给了我一定程度的特权，这种特权不是每个人都可以享受到的。

"We have to appreciate how lucky we are to go grocery shopping every day," says Michael Ruhlman, author of "Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America." "This is a chore you should say, 'I know I don't like it, but I'm very lucky to be able to do it.'?"

"我们必须心存感激，每天能去逛超市是件多幸运的事，"《杂货店：食物买卖在美国》（Grocery: The Buying and Selling of Food in America）一书的作者迈克尔·鲁尔曼说道。"对于这种差事，你不得不说，'我知道我不喜欢逛超市，但很幸运我还可以去做这件事。'"

I thought for sure that I could change my feelings about food shopping and cooking by linking them to things that I actually enjoyed: I've volunteered with a number of food-related organizations, including one where I helped children learn how to cook. I've also regularly delivered produce to the elderly who could no longer make it to the store.

我想，通过将购物与我真正喜欢的事物相联系，我肯定能对逛超市改观：我自愿加入一些与食品有关的组织，并在其中一个组织帮助儿童学习烹饪。我还会定期给老人送农产品，因为他们已经没有精力逛超市了。