Sixteen Kinds of Potatoes. Yesterday I started us on a potato journey with a post about how to select the right kind of potato. Today I'm going to show you the loot I picked up from the farmers' market last week: sixteen varieties of potatoes. Some are common varieties and available from farmers in many potato-growing regions. Others are rare varieties. Take it as a loose guide, and a colorful tour of the spuds of the NYC area.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Consumerism is a social and economic order that encourages the purchase of goods and services in ever-greater amounts. Criticisms of consumption are already present in the works of Thorstein Veblen.
1 : the promotion of the consumer's interests. 2 : the theory that an increasing consumption of goods is economically desirable; also : a preoccupation with and an inclination toward the buying of consumer goods â¦ the contemporary marketplace is shaped solely by the craven needs of lowbrow consumerism â¦ â Thomas Byrne Edsall.