I'd say "just like Mom used to make," except my mom never did much cooking due to chronic illness. Incidentally, the date I...

Sonia has a few quirky allergies that come and go mysteriously.  One is to mushrooms . Although, that particular sensitivity didn't ap...

From my childhood, I have what my lovely bride interprets as a bad habit on major holidays: namely, not really eat anything until the big ...

Foods that are supposed to be black: Well, there's not many. The seared outside of my steak. Black jelly beans (my favorite). Black ol...

There's a song a few years old that I really enjoy named "Daylight" by a dude named John Mark McMillan. Go ahead and take a ...

If you like onions, you'll undoubtedly like this onion tart. Why? Because it's nothing but a boatload of caramelized o...

Sonia had purchased this product on one of her solo TJ's runs, so it was a surprise when I found it on the kitchen counter. "What...

Happy New Year!!!!!! Two lucrative industries come January 1: Gyms and salads. Not a bad idea after all that holiday splurge anyways. F...

2015: A year of a lot of achievements and milestones. Turned 33, celebrated sixth anniversary with my lovely bride, had a third and a firs...

Isn't this a fall item, you ask?  Perhaps.  Butternut  squash does seem rather "harvesty," but in actuality, it's a ...

Quasi-confession time: I had some behavioral issues in my formative years. More than most kids. Lots of fights at school and crap like tha...

Very nice use of the word "autumnal" here, TJ's. Very nice indeed. Now let's see if you can work the word "vernal...

When I was a little kid, my dad brought home some croquettes from the supermarket once. They weren't salmon and vegetable...they were ...

Hrmmm. Just reading the front label of the brand-spankin' new Trader Joe's Harvest Salsa. Pumpkins. Apples. Butternut Squash. In a...

*Sniff, sniff* Hrmm, what's that smell in the air? Let's see...very late summer, not quite the autumnal equinox, warm days but coo...

You'll never see me purchase a jar of pickles, even with the recent debut of Trader Joe's Organic Kosher Dill Pickle Spears. It...

Here's an item that's been in our cupboard for months and months and we might have forgotten about it, but last time we were at TJ...

Bacon chocolate bars . Fig cookies ...err ....cakes .... bars. errr... whatever you want to call them. Greasy Greece-y cheesy dough spira...