I don't know about you, but I wanna get things that don't need to be refrigerated. So canned stuff like beans and tomatoes? Not sure what else would be good.

Get a bunch of fresh fruit and veggies that don't need to be refrigerated, like tomatoes, peppers, onions, bananas.
Hard boil some eggs for protein since they can last without refrigeration for a while.
And like TrishaLynn said, grab chickpeas, black beans and maybe some tortillas so you can just open cans and make a bean and veggie wrap.
Since you have a gas stove, you can get just-add-water mixes for biscuits and pancakes and stuff if you want.
I don't really know what meat-eaters do in power outages, maybe they eat jerky?

Do you live near restaurants? Because a lot of time they have gas stoves and a lot of perishables and you can help them out by eating there during a power outage if they are open.

I'm making chili in my slow cooker and baking cornbread!

My plan for the also-not-unlikely event of power outage*: bread, hummus, and veggies. I usually keep a slab of ice in the freezer, so I'll just pop it into the cooler if need be. If the power stays on, great, we'll eat as usual. If the power goes, we know we'll have some wholesome no-prep food that we can easily eat even in a darkish room --- and with few or no flatware, even.

I am also making a walloping great batch of cold-brewed coffee. ME NEED COFFEE so I want to be sure I have it on hand and ready to drink in case I can't make coffee.

*Heck, we've had neighborhood-wide 12+ hour power outages just because; I won't be a bit surprised if we lose power for a while during a hurricane.

Cooking some food ahead of time like a casserole seems like a good idea. Then you can just heat it up. Also, something filling will cut down on how often you need to eat if it does turn into a multi-day affair, and pre-cooked food will store longer if necessary. Ice is probably the most neglected supply. I can think of a lot of cool places in New England to be hurricane stranded.

Cold-brewed coffee is a good idea. We have a French press for just such occasions, but I like cold-brewed coffee too. Though maybe not without ice. I should make a lot of ice.

We have coolers and ice packs, too, so meat and stuff can be in there if it needs to.

I've found over the years that you can make it through a day with a depowered fridge if you are careful not to open the door a lot and if you have a lot of ice packs in there already. The ice packs are great at storing cold energy and they make your freezer more efficient too.

Hopefully I'll think of some stuff that's delicious. If I'm gonna be hanging out with no power I at least want nice food. :)

I'd probably eat lots of shells and cheese. Or just pasta in general. Mmm... pasta.

Another case for pre-cooked food is it takes less energy to reheat than to prepare in the first place.

We have lots of fruit and PB & J. We are not very good planners.

Remember that most canned stuff can be eaten as is without reheating. Hot chili is better than cold chili, but cold chili is still edible. It's water or the lack thereof that worries me. When we lived in the RV we were SOL water-wise if the power went out. In a house/apt you usually don't have that issue, but you can still have water pressure problems. I'd make sure that I have lots of drinkable water and water that I can use to flush the toilet (fill your bathtub).

I will be able to cook - so I am trying to think of food to cook.

COnsider this more of a "long winter weekend indoors, what would be yummy to cook" thread than a "OMG HURRICANAMAGEDDON how to survive" thread.

Mmm, in that case, how about something simple but time-consuming that you might not make homemade otherwise? Maybe homemade tortillas and refried beans? The homemade versions (especially of tortillas) are almost an entirely different thing than the storebought version and they elevate even a simple meal of beans, veggies, and cheese in tortillas to a fantastic degree.

I keep hearing that and yet it's really hard for me to believe it would be worth the trouble. My brother makes his own tortillas and says the same thing, but I confess I'm still all "but they're just tortillas." The storebought ones seem OK enough.

If you can find fresh masa, then I think you would find homemade tortillas are worth the effort.

I don't have a super-strong opinion on homemade corn tortillas, though even the ones I can make with dried masa harina are more flavorful and softer, less rubbery, than nice storebought ones...

... but the homemade flour tortillas I make are a completely different critter than storebought ones in the same way straight-from-the-oven biscuits are different from the ones you can buy at the grocery bakery.

They smell fragrantly of flour and heat, they have little puffs of layer and the occasional spot of char, and though they keep well tightly wrapped and popped in the fridge, straight from the pan, they are an ethereal bit of bliss. I usually eat the first one straight from the pan, sometimes with a wisp of cheese or butter, but just as often plain, because they are just that good.

We have an electric stove, so I keep thinking of all the stuff we could make if we could just boil water...pasta, pre-packaged Indian food, canned soup. As it is we've got PB&J and enough Luna bars to last a week.