So...what's a roundel? Sounds like a singular member of a 1960's Motown group, or a really balloony shaped letter of the alphabe...

Ah, the first day of fall is finally here. Sure doesn't feel like it yet, though. It'll be nearly 90 degrees here in New Jersey f...

Granola. For dinner. Ummm...yum? We have a busted refrigerator to blame for that. Or, I hope to say, had. Something something was someth...

September! Back to school time...or for Sandy and me, time to get our firstborn daughter, M, off to kindergarten. Time flies... seems like...

So many varieties of cookies in the world, isn't there? there's hundred if not thousands. In Pittsburgh, it's traditional to h...

Trader Joe's 50th anniversary ? A rare  total eclipse of the sun  over the USA? How spectacular on both counts! Unfortunately, ...

Seeds and beans...beans and seeds...I love me some beans and seeeeeeeeds..... No? Don't know that tune? Good, means you didn't h...

"Open your mind...harmonious convergence...Transcend the ordinary..." From a breakfast cereal? Seriously? That's what th...

Avocados are simply delicious. When they're just ripe, there's nothing like 'em. We're huge fans of putting them in salad...

"I want you to review these just for all the Puff Daddy references you could make." Love ya, sweetie, but Puff Daddy/ P. Diddy...

"This was obviously made by someone who hates coffee." That's an actual recent quote from my mom, and in what actual conte...

"Comparison is the thief of joy." I've heard it said and quoted so many times...a quick Google search says its Theodore Ro...

"But they were on sale !!" Sigh. Normally, I like those words just fine. But they were a source of frustration when Sandy wa...

A couple things about this product mystify me. The first is the defrosting instructions. They say to defrost from frozen at room temperatu...

There's something very Girl Scout-esque about these cookies. At least part of it is the box and packaging—a long rectangular cuboid ...

Let's take a coffee break, shall we? No, not more coffee, as inviting as that sounds. If you haven't been paying attention to th...

There are two constants in my life, as contradictory as they should be: Caffeine and being tired. Just earlier today, at 9 a.m., I felt re...

Trader Joe's is infusing everything with coffee these days. Once upon a time, they made just regular cocoa batons. Then they offered P...

  With so much drama with these HBCs It'll be kinda hard eating the whole B-A-double-G But, somehow, some way I keep munchin these ...

Why is it that eclairs seem so haughty? Just the name itself rings out with an air of froideur. It's almost as if eclairs are making s...