I was born and raised in the Northeast, and since then I've lived in the South, on the West Coast, and in the Midwest. So I can tell you...

I'm on record saying lemon is an excellent summer flavor at least once or twice on the blog. If I had to pick a season other than summe...

For some crazy reason I was thinking this would be, you know, a paste . It's not. It's a syrup. In case you were wondering, yes, thi...

A reader recently reminded me of Porto's Bakery's potato balls , a legendary treat from an amazing bakery that Sonia and I would fre...

This ain't our first ride at the Trader Joe's brand salmon rodeo. At a quick glance, we've reviewed around 20 salmon items throu...

What we have here is a wonton disregard for condiments and sauces. You feel me? This is a decent product, but for goodness sake, throw us a...

Everything I ever knew about harissa I learned from Trader Joe, which admittedly isn't all that much. We saw a decent harissa-based sals...

Sometimes I just have to rant about Trader Joe's preparation instructions. I recently saw a tweet, or an X post —or whatever the heck we...

Dang, I need to start being more adventurous when I go to Thai restaurants. If it's a place I've never been to before, nine times ou...

Never heard of "figo" before, pronounced like "fee-go." Apparently it's an Italian word that means "cool" ...

Let me explain something about myself. I love condiments. I love sauces. When I eat French fries, I'm an absolute ketchup fiend. I like ...

There's a whole series of these little mousse cakes that TJ's does. Usually, they're chocolate. You know, they have Chocolate Mo...

Look! Up on the shelf in the baked goods section! It's a bagel! It's a pastry! It's Superbread! I don't know if I'd call...

So this totally wasn't what I was expecting. But I'm not going to let my preconceived notions ruin my experience with this product, ...

Bottom line: 8 out of 10 paw prints.

I think this is the first time I've ever heard of a "montmorency" cherry. Apparently they're a fairly common variety of sw...

As a kid, I was much more into "grazing" than eating big sit-down meals. My family ate together on Christmas Day, Easter...and tha...

These aren't the first Portuguese tarts we've tried from TJ's. We had some desserty, breakfasty custard tarts a few years back....