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Brokelyn has rounded up the most absurd items at Whole Foods Gowanus : "We crisscrossed the aisles to find the most embarrassingly nuovo-Brooklyn items." Click through for vinegar powder, a beet cacao frozen dessert, "slow dried" dinosaur pasta, and more. [Brokelyn]