Prior to spying this box on the shelves of a local TJ's, I wasn't aware of the existence of Israeli couscous. Regular couscous, ...

It's never been the  taste  of vegetarian or vegan foods that's kept me from swearing off animal products entirely. It's prima...

When introduced, some products are no-brainers for automatic buzz. If Trader Joe's were to bring out a brand-spankin' new cookie b...

Thanks to the Hawaiian-themed grocery store called  Trader Joe's , vegetarian cowboys are now a thing. What vegetarianism and cowboys ...

How many substances are there in the world you can eat, wear,  and  smoke? Not many, that's for sure. But hemp is one of them. ...

One thing I love about Trader Joe's is that they've exposed me to dozens of new dishes that I wouldn't have tried otherwise. P...

Up until Mr. Shelly's recent  review of uttapam , it had been  quite a while  since we checked out any Indian food on this blog. So, t...

Today's my 35th birthday. There's a famous quote about your parents ruining the first half of your life and your children ruinin...

This is probably a little hypocritical for me to ask, living in the city that perfected the art of putting french fries on everything, but...

Okay, confession time: For the longest time, I, Russ, was a serial fast food sneaker. Especially at breakfast time, especially on the way ...

You just don't mess with some classics. Like, seriously, no, don't. Like Jennifer Gray's nose . Like Charlie and Chocolate...

I think the most common problem I've come across in three and a half years' worth of Trader Joe's reviews is  blandness . TJ...

Remember that longlost album Nathan referred to a long time ago, TJ's and DJs ? I was cleaning out the attic the other day and came ac...

So, I'm not exactly a trendsetter kinda guy, if you haven't noticed. But, I'd like to be one. Sort of. For instance, one of my...

Some things in life just aren't fair. For a pretty benign example, imagine being a Pennsylvania resident (which I am) and going to an ...

A few months back, the wife and I decided to become more or less vegetarian, or perhaps more accurately, pescetarians who don't dabble ...

I really wish I read food labels a little more carefully. In fact, there should be more of them. A lot more of them. GMO free? Organic? Fa...