So, a few weeks ago, I started a new job. It's closer to home, it's less stress, and it pays a lot more. Those are all good things...

The really short version: if you like dried fruit and pecans, you’ll love this thing. The kinda short version: as Trader Joe stat...

Ever have those chocolate oranges at Christmas time? It doesn't seem like it should work, but chocolate/orange is an excellent flavo...

Back on Thanksgiving, Sandy and I decided to try and give sweet Lil' Baby M a sweet little treat. At a little over 4 months old, she...

There's some holiday traditions that frankly, I just don't get. Chief among them is the movie "A Christmas Story." You...

After living the first five years of my life in Hershey, PA, just blocks from the famous intersection of Cocoa and Chocolate Ave, and then...

Okay, you probably know by know that we're just a couple amateur-hack food reviewers, which we proudly proclaim. But exactly how amate...

Although it's not quite December yet, it has officially been declared the  Christmas season . And, for your reading pleasure, it...

My beautiful, lovely wife Sandy, with whom I have just celebrated three years of married bliss, usually has a lot of really good ideas, bu...

This pumpkin-tastic season isn't over yet. So when Sonia heard the buzz about a "delicious" new kind of yogurt at TJ's v...

I 've eaten plenty of  veggie burgers  in my day. I've had delicious  meatless chicken nuggets . And I love plenty of  vegetarian di...

Ever make homemade spaghetti noodles? No, I'm not talking about using a Ronco presto-pesto auto-al dente pasta maker or even a Kitchen...

This soup's got big chunks of vegetables and spiral-type noodles. It's hearty. The tomato-based broth is delicious, but not as muc...

Sometimes I don't really know how to start a review. This is one of those times. I asked Sandy how I should as she sits beside me maki...

Let's face it: in our modern society, pumpkins and pumpkin-flavored stuff is available year round, or at least it could be. All of the...

Just over five years ago, Sandy and I had our first unofficial date, and me being the euphemistically labelled romantic guy, I still have us...

So there's this shirt that I wear pretty often on casual Fridays at work that's absolutely ridiculous and a constant conversation ...

Since Hurricane Sandy paid us a visit this week, knocked over some trees in our neighborhood here in the Philly suburbs, and took away our...

A while back, we took a look at The I Love Trader Joe's College Cookbook . And this year, we were able to take a look at another book...

In a recent post , I described the new morning routine that Sandy, Baby M and I are now have now that we're both back to work while M...