Did you know that you don't need to shake a shaker ? It's true. It's amazing what you can learn while surfing the interwebs. Yo...

Ah, the Deglet Noor date . So much deglettier than regular dates. They provide so much noorishment, those fancy DNDs. I'm being facetiou...

Not all that long ago, the beautiful wifey made a comment about craving tamarind sauce with another Trader Joe's product we reviewed. T...

It's really too bad that I seem to only get cravings for Chick-Fil-A on Sundays. Because...well...you know.  But hey! Now I can skip the...

I'm not a fan of traditional pesto. For years, I thought it was one of the spices used in the mixture that turned me off, but some time ...

  Hatch chiles. So hot right now.  Well...not precisely, actually.  See, there's the new Trader Joe's Green & Red Hatch Chile Fl...

For years, my grandmother's side of the family would gather all together for Thanksgiving. It was (and still is) a pretty big crew...eno...

Why is Indian food so delicious? I don't think I've ever had an Indian dish I didn't like. My hypothesis: it's the spices an...

 Growing up, if were gonna have broccoli, my mom would almost always take a huge chunk of Velveeta, toss it into a large Pyrex glass measuri...

So technically pumpkin's a fruit, right? The experts say so anyway. And we know we're supposed to accept the opinions of the expert...

Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. That's what they say, anyway. I always assume that's what's going on when someone d...

Right there on the front of the shaker, it says this product is "a savory allium blend." I've heard the word allium before, b...

 Inarguably, there's few things that pair together better in these hot summer months than some grilling or smoking and a cold, cold beve...

Okay, here's something totally new to me. Never heard of peri-peri sauce before. It's pretty rare I'll find something at Trader ...

 In October 2006, Arizona Cardinals head coach Dennis Green, after a particularly frustrating loss, unleashed one legendary postgame tirade ...

I was highly skeptical about this condiment. I've never been a fan of vegan cheeses. I honestly think I've had more consistently edi...

Jam, jelly, preserves, spread, compote, marmalade. I won't pretend to know the differences among them. A thirty second internet research...

 Ever bite into anything unsuspectingly and kinda hope for the best?  For the unobservant, which surprisingly included my lovely bride in th...

 Mmmm. "Sauce." Granted, the use of the word "sauce" in the name "Trader Joe's Organic Spicy Honey Sauce" ...

Funfact: when Sonia was young, her elementary school classmates emotionally scarred her by calling her "Sonia Bologna" on the play...