London: Wind, City Lights, and Hard Reality · Hunting for the “witch” market · Milk Hunt: “No Cappuccino Today” · Pruning basil: when and where to cut · Thursday market in Stara Pazova: what’s for sale · Spices, dried animals, and a thousand charms · Moving to the village—yet farming doesn’t pay · The bat as a scapegoat · From three hives to ninety · Who Buys Cooked Meals in a Village? · What people buy & prices: flowers and seedlings · Buying cans… but nothing to drink · Cheapest buys and sticker shock · At the doctor's · No gifts — I’m moving back to Serbia · Western prices and a 20,000-dinar receipt · Just milk and lemon—and cheese is ready · US Food: Dyes, Marketing, and 'Parrots' · How to make preserves last for years · Loans for everything: how debt creeps up · Straining the cheese: bag and whey · Decorations for 500 dinars: mission failed · Why raising a child in Serbia feels so expensive · Why US Eggs Are Washed—and Chicken Smells · Grocery list + the “traffic light” foods · 2–3 weeks off sugar: how not to relapse