The popcorn in this bag looks like it fell on the floor—all covered in little flecks of dark matter and hair-like strands of oregano and o...

An apartment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania isn't supposed to be ninety-five degrees in May. And yet, thanks to weather manipulation,...

Last summer, I posited the question of what a truly American food might be. Looking back, I wonder how I could have overlooked the obvious ...

I didn't know what to expect from falafel made into a chip. Trader Joe's Heat and Eat Falafel  was a big hit here on WG@TJ's...

The following is a true story: I was probably somewhere around 4, maybe 5 years old one night as my family had a movie night. It probably wa...

It hasn't been the most fun of weeks here at the Western Pennsylvania wing of the What's Good at Trader Joe's team. Work's b...

Last night, quite accidentally, Sonia and I participated in our first Meatless Monday. Have you heard of Meatless Mondays? Supposedly cows...

Reminiscent of Trader Joe's Heat and Eat Falafel , these happy little balls of Indian food are nearly as unique as their name. I'v...

My wife told me something just a few days ago that may have literally changed everything ever: I, Russ Shelly, in my house, in my kitchen, o...

Okay, for once, I don't have any long, drawn-out cutesy tales about potatoes or whatever. I can't even think of a decent way I can u...

It can be ridiculous, what you have to go through sometimes for some good, relatively inexpensive seafood. Take Sandy's and my recent st...

Chocolate. Peanut butter. I'm firmly convinced that there's nothing that this combo can't do. Every year, right around Easter ti...

Lentil and potato snacks? Sounds like hippie food to me. Luckily, I'm pretty well in touch with my inner-hippie. No, I'm not really ...

Are they wafers? Or are they cookies? Come on, Trader Joe, make up your mind. I think you could have just dropped the "cookies" fr...

Based on either past employment or college eating habits, there's still a lot of foods I'm loathe to have again. For instance, I hav...

It's hard to really, truly, live up to the hype sometimes. Take, for instance, the new Hunger Games movie. Pretty much everyone I know h...

My friend Trader Joe is the corn dog king. He did Veggie Corn Dogs right. He even did some kick-butt Shrimp Corn Dogs . And slightly less w...

Sometimes, I'll admit, I get a little tired of some of Trader Joe's offerings. Take, for example, these pretzels . I definitely thin...

Sandy and I gave up sweets for Lent this year, and let me tell you: it sucks. It's way more difficult than I imagined it'd be. A cou...