If you live in a city, you probably visit your local corner store at least once a week, and probably a lot more often. The corner store is a lifeline in urban neighborhoods, offering kitchen and bathroom essentials, cleaning products and sometimes even fresh produce in addition to the tobacco, liquor and lottery tickets they're typically associated with.

But have you really looked closely at what your local corner store stocks? The Neighbors Project has created a way to have fun exploring it with their Bodega Party in a Box. For $25, you get a box containing a hot silkscreened reusable grocery bag, a 44-page cookbook featuring recipes from chefs and food bloggers from around the country, party banners and invitations so you can plan your own "bodega tasting dinner" based on the items you can find at the corner shop.

Taking it further, you could hold a corner store cooking class and share tips on ways to replace some of the candy and snacks with fresh produce. The proceeds help to benefit the Neighbors Project's Food & Liquor Project.