Maybe I'm still shell-shocked by the unreasonable amount of peppercorn in the recently-reviewed Trader Joe's Peppercorn Snack Bites ...

Salmon, when done right, is right up there with my favorite foods of all time. I'm talking nice sit-down restaurant, cooked and seasoned...

In my hometown growing up, there was a farmer's market my parents liked to go to run by a local Mennonite family. They had all kinds of ...

Most people you ask will tell you green goddess dressing is characterized by sour cream and mayo content. Trader Joe's seems to have tak...

Here's an interesting one. Not feeling marinara sauce on your pasta dish tonight? Don't want Alfredo either? This product might be t...

Have you ever sat down to a bowl of plain corn flakes and thought to yourself, "Man, I don't want PLAIN corn flakes. I want PUMPKIN...

Truth be told, I wasn't super excited to pour this stuff on a salad and consume it. Intrigued? Yes. Eager? No. If not for the prospect o...

  A few years ago, there was some big hullabaloo about a Philadelphia-area contest for best cheesesteak. I'm originally from the surroun...

Some dudes brew their own beer. Others have mastered the art of baking sourdough bread or dehydrating jerky at home. I myself have done none...

Agrodolce means "sweet and sour" in Italian, or more accurately, "sour and sweet." Agro = sour, dolce = sweet. Makes sen...

Many years ago, while living in coastal North Carolina, I had a neighbor/friend who happened to be vegan. After repeatedly offering to cook ...

The summer of flavor is alive and well at the local TJ's. Used to be this time of year was the lazy dogdays before the oncoming pumpkin ...

So...this stuff is basically just pureed cilantro. Fortunately, both the beautiful wifey and I like cilantro. Although, every time it comes ...

The other day I was thinking about how much I loved delicious, spicy salsas and how lucky I was to have married a woman that can make hot so...

  Ube? Oh boy.  Purplepotatopalooza is apparently continuing at your local neighborhood TJ's, this time around with Trader Joe's Ube...

Sonia is the designated coffee drinker in our household. I'll partake of the stuff out of necessity, or just once in a blue moon to chan...

  Pickles! Love 'em? Well, here's definitely something for you - Trader Joe's Seasoning in a Pickle. Make anything taste like a ...

Apparently my lawn has a lot of moisture in it, because this spring a large patch of mushrooms decided to sprout out. Was eyeballing it the ...

Lucky me. Three fifths of this review is already written. Here are the relevant links: Trader Joe's Everything but the Bagel Sesame Seas...

In almost 1,750 posts, the only other time the word "guajillo" was ever mentioned on this blog was during a review of chili flavor...