As much as I love the English language and champion its practicality among all the tongues of the world, I've always admired Spanish ...

Trader Joe's Ancho Chile Chicken Sausage with Roasted Coffee. Ancho. Chile. Thank God. I have never been so relieved to read those w...

Ah, this looks Thanksgivingy enough. Novembery enough, if you will. No Turkey Day dinner would be complete without some stuffing. And of ...

It's an all-time classic and perennial top-seller, and perhaps most impressively, the inaugural member of our blog's Hall of Fame ...

I've always liked turkey burgers. At their best, they're flavorful substitutes for traditional beef burgers, but with fewer calori...

Although not quite as traditionally 'Murican as  chicken soup  or chicken pot pie , these chicken  spring   rolls  are new to TJ's...

There's a few different ways to prepare wings. Grilling, smoking, deep frying...those are all valid methods. Baking though? And from ...

I'd say "just like Mom used to make," except my mom never did much cooking due to chronic illness. Incidentally, the date I...

Sometimes, such as when I commented to my dad during the Super Bowl halftime that at least Coldplay was better than getting camera-slide-h...

Ah, January. If you're anything like me, you know what this means: head cold season. Seriously, I've had one lingering for at leas...

When I'm eating a piece of meat, be it chicken, steak, or what have you, I never want to  see  actual fat. I hate it. I've always ...

TJ's has done  Chicken Pot Pie  before, but never quite like this. In the past, we've seen them offer us  Bites  (please do not re...

So if you've ever seen the movie Gandhi —or if you know your history—you're aware that the British occupation of India wasn't ...

As mentioned in my previous post , the Pittsburgh branch of WGaTJ's is now a family of four with the arrival of Baby B. Toddler/Big Gi...

It's November...you know that what means! Crunchy leaves falling. A cool chill in the air. The end of political attack ads for a coupl...

It's been an even more interesting than usual past couple of weeks come dinner time in here, at the Western PA homefront of the WGaTJ...

After all that cookie butter ice cream you've no doubt been cramming down since Nathan's last post, you surely think you oughtta g...

"The pig is an amazing animal. You feed a pig an apple, it makes bacon. The pig is turning an apple - essentially garbage - into baco...

Another day, another dollar. Another day of uninspiring leftovers in a sparsely-filled refrigerator (we keep low stock when we're out...