"Kefir" is actually pronounced "Keh-FEAR," although so many people use the popular mispronunciation "KEY-fur,...

So, not to bore you too much with the details of my day job, but I work in a cubicle farm for a rather large pharmacy where I work to fix wh...

I'm crazy about tuna. Probably because of the high levels of mercury in it. OK, well I just read some report that said only 5% of t...

In a previous post about TJ's pepper flakes , I mentioned a font on the packaging that greatly reminded me of the script found on the Sp...

I have a confession of sorts to make. When it all comes down to it, I'm just not really a lunch guy. Breakfast is usually my favorit...

In the great state of Pennsylvania, there's a big convenience store turf war going on. From the west comes Sheetz . They've pretty w...

Mmm ... tacos ... Really, can anything bad be said about tacos? I'm not really talking about the Taco Bell variety, though occasionally ...

Yay! More Indian food. So far, TJ's track record with Indian has been pretty well above par...er, below par...wait: In golf, below par i...

We were in a very mangoey mood on our last Trader Joe's run—as you might have noticed, yesterday's post also involved mango. And ...

Over the past 4 months or so, Sonia and I have been slowly trying to phase gluten out of our diets. We noticed that eating normal wheat prod...

I don't think I've ever had pizza on a whole wheat crust before. I've had veggie pizza, meat-lovers pizza, pizza with cheese ins...

I'm not sure what I was expecting from this product. I think of the blackberry as a sort of raspberry-esque fruit, but perhaps a bit bol...

So, in other posts I've gone on about how much I love pretzels. It's just part of growing up in southeast Pennsylvania, which I thi...

The beautiful adobe hacienda on the bottle of this salsa is apparently located in Monrovia, CA, and is home to a Mexican-American family tha...

About two months ago or so, Sandy and I started going to a spin class at the gym together. She's using it as crosstraining for a couple ...

I am still in awe of the righteous new labeling system that Russ recently implemented on this site. So, to honor that system, I very thought...

Want to know one of my favorite things about Trader Joe's? The cashiers. Seriously. At the local store, at least, they are routinely som...

A "mélange" is simply a mixture or medley. That's kind of the vibe I got from the word even before I looked it up. Just a big ...

Trader Joe has great taste when it comes to American cuisine. When it comes to Thai food, however, he should take a note from his buddy, Tha...

Really, can it get any better than bacon? I don't think so. Not to get too Lady Gaga on you, but baby, I was born this way (nature)...