Another month, another dietary page being turned here at the Western PA bookend of the WGATJ team. I'm not gonna really bother rehashi...

“The mind, once stretched by a new idea, never returns to its original dimensions.” -Ralph Waldo Emerson This is one of those "un...

To the best of my knowledge, I've never had tapenade before this, except possibly on top of some bruschetta here and there. It's o...

You know what kills me every time I try to do any sort of diet or focus or weight loss? Idle snacking, especially at my job. If I don...

This might have been the most pumpkinnish product we've had so far. Not in terms of ginger, allspice, and nutmeg—although "spices...

Why did the pumpkin roll into a bar? It fell off the wagon. Why was the  jack-o-lantern  scared to enter the bar? It had no guts. ...

I've mentioned my feelings about kimchi in  one  or  two previous posts . It scares me. It's foreign, it's fermented, and it...

I am a fan of eggplant. And the Rodgers have had pretty decent luck with  Trader Joe's eggplant  products in the past, although the Sh...

A couple weeks ago, we reviewed  Trader Joe's Organic Tomato and Roasted Red Pepper Soup . In that post, I brooded sufficiently over T...

Apparently edamame and soybeans are the same thing. But I feel better eating "edamame" for some reason. Maybe it's because I...

TJ's has offered us a number of unusual, but surprisingly good soups over the years. I'm thinking  Lentil Soup with Ancient Grains...

This year for Lent, I promise you something. Unlike years past, when I've given up meat or sweets , I will not be endlessly writing a...

There's quite a buzz about these on the interwebs. And no wonder! They're really weird! These aren't the first snacky-veggies ...

This whole week I've been crazy sick. My wife and I both got hit with what I'm assuming is H2N4, or "warthog fever" as I...

For $1.99, there's not much more you could ask for from this product. It's super simple to store: no refrigeration or freezing nec...

Whenever Sonia and I see something that we've never heard of before in the aisles of Trader Joe's, we make a beeline for it. Inevi...