Raise your hand if you've ever been caught on a weeknight with no fresh veggies in the fridge. Or if the veggies you thought were fresh turn out to be...not so fresh. Meet your new best friend: jarred...
OK everyone, here is an ice cream mix-in you do not want to miss. While at Trader Joe's last weekend, stocking up for a lunch with family, I spied these milk chocolate covered peanut butter crackers o...
Trader Joe's certainly caused quite a hubbub when they decided to stop carrying King Arthur Flour and switch over to a store brand. We saw the new Trader Joe's all-purpose flour on the shelves for the...
May the cheapest pasta win! That's what happened, anyway, when New York convened a panel to sample different store-bought, dried pasta. At 99 cents a pound, TJ's was the least expensive pasta of the b...
What is your view on selling wine in supermarkets? In the United States, many states (35 to be precise) allow wine to be sold in supermarkets, but many including New York prohibit the sale of wine i...
Last year Elizabeth played the skeptical shopper and intrepidly tested Born Free's hard boiled peeled eggs. (Verdict: too rubbery.) Most of you were slightly grossed out by the whole eggs-in-a-bag thi...
On our last trip to Trader Joe's, we were reaching for a bottle of maple syrup when we noticed a new maple-agave syrup blend. We were a bit skeptical, but at nearly half the cost of the pure stuff, we...
We don't cook straight from scratch every night. In fact, there are many good products from the grocery store that can serve as the base for an easy, quick, and healthful meal. Take the soups at Trade...
Mary is away on a study trip to France this week and next, so we're throwing the floor open to all of you. What have you been drinking lately, and do you have any budget bottles to recommend? Here's a...
Yesterday we linked to an article on yet another favorite item that Trader Joe's is discontinuing. TJ's, we love you, but sometimes you push us just a little too far. There's only one thing to do ...
OK, Eating Light month is safely over, so now we can get back to telling you about sugary desserts and chocolate decadence. All in moderation, of course. Take this Oreo Cake, for instance. You really ...
Freekeh? Freaky? We're not quite sure how this word is pronounced, but regardless, we're fans. Trader Joe's recently started carrying these packets of cooked freekeh, and we think they're a great addi...
Katherine has a jar of cherries and needs some help using them up! Want to help? I was at Trader Joe's this weekend and on impulse I bought a jar of Dark Morello Cherries in Light Syrup. What do I do...
When we talked about our love of wild rice a few months ago, several of you mentioned buying it at Trader Joe's. We looked for it the next time we were in the store, and sure enough, there it was!...
Yes, that is one entire kilo of Brie. Only at Trader Joe's - the home of Pound Plus chocolate and supersized cheese. See just how big it is, compared to our keys, below... ...
This is our turkey, and it was missing one very important thing that we were looking forward to: the giblets! We love giblets in stuffing, and we were looking forward to putting them in our turkey sto...
Wanting to give you some inspiration for our Best Pie Bake-off, we headed over to Trader Joe's to see what they might have to spark your creativity. Take a look!...
Over the past weeks every wine publication I know is debating how the wine industry is going to manage through the global financial and economic crisis that we are all facing. Who will be the winners ...
According to a post we just read on New York Magazine's website, Trader Joe's is planning to open a store on 72nd Street and Broadway next year. Could it alleviate some of the unbearable crowding at F...
We're not sure if this is a new product or if it's been there all along, but we were excited to discover arborio rice on a recent shopping foray to Trader Joe's!...
We spotted these small jars of Spanish saffron at Trader Joe's the other week, and we're curious how this saffron holds up in the kitchen. Has anyone tried it?...
Cream sauce doesn't have to be a rare indulgence; you can have that creamy goodness without going over the top. This delicate sauce relies mostly on chicken or vegetable stock, simmered down into a co...
Trader Joe's - the name synonymous with 'Two Buck Chuck', the $1.99 wine from the Charles Shaw Winery in California - also carries a broad array of wines priced anywhere from $2.99 to $60, and wines f...
Recently I attended a food and writing retreat where one of the participants wrote an entire essay about the morning she baked a chocolate croissant from Trader Joe’s frozen foods section. She had ...
You probably know that we're pretty big fans of Trader Joe's. We often give you recipes and recommendations from their stock of cheap-yet-"gourmet" products. Their inexpensive cheeses, chicken broth, ...
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