We Tried Trader Joe’s Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream

Whoa, Joe! It looks like Trader Joe's has been saving the best for last this summer, with its new Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream ($2.99). We were fans of the cookies when they came out last year, we even thought the Neapolitan Puffs cereal was pretty ok, but this ice cream? Trader Joe's has outdone itself.…

August 5, 20190Comments

Recipes

What to Do with Trader Joe’s Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce

Trader Joe's Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce ($2.99 for a 6.7 oz. jar) is one of the items I've been looking forward to most this summer. Calabrian chile paste adds a nice kick to a whole host of dishes, but I usually have to go to an Italian specialty market to pick it up. I…

August 1, 20190Comments

Main Course Recipes

It’s Time to Rethink the Teriyaki Burger

Can we talk about the teriyaki burger for a minute? It's no secret that teriyaki beef on a skewer is a fine, fine creation, and a staple of the Buddhist Church carnivals I went to growing up. So, if you're thinking, well you must have eaten a teriyaki burger or two, you wouldn't be wrong.…

July 30, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

CRASHING THE A-LIST by Summer Heacock | Spot Review

Review copy provided by the publisher CRASHING THE A-LIST by Summer Heacock totally broke me out of a reading slump. Here's the lowdown: Clara gets laid off from her gig as an editor in publishing and finds herself crashing on her brother's couch. While she searches for a new job, she takes a gig cleaning…

July 26, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

TEMPER by Layne Fargo | Spot Review

ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Rage Becomes Her. "It's SMASH, but with teeth," is how I wanted to logline Layne Fargo's debut psychological thriller, TEMPER. Set in the Chicago theater scene, it features Malcolm, a controlling and charismatic theater director; Joanna, his professional partner and enabler; and Kira, an ambitious young actress. With…

July 24, 20191Comment

Product Review Recipes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Spicy Taco Sauce

Now, if you like salsa or hot sauce, do you really need taco sauce in your life? Taco sauce was created as a gateway to salsa, and as Gustavo Arellano puts it in Taco USA, it's "salsa shorn of its heat." The first companies to bring it to market in the late 1940s and early…

July 22, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Ketchup Flavored Spud Crunchies

Canadians have known forever that ketchup chips are delicious, but Americans have been slow to get on board. But this summer, Trader Joe's is bringing them to the American market in two ways -- as part of its 4-flavors-in-one-bag Patio Potato Chips, and now in Trader Joe's Ketchup Flavored Spud Crunchies ($1.99 for a 4…

July 17, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

Trashed by Mia Hopkins| 5-star review

ARC provided by the author for review Are my eyebrows on fire? Trashed is a scorcher! Damn, Mia! Mia Hopkins keeps it sexy in Trashed (Eastside Brewery #2), wrapping Eddie and Carmen’s romance in a story that’s ultimately about culture, community, and the happily ever after we all deserve. Eddie’s six months out of prison…

July 11, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Turmeric Ginger Coconut Beverage

I never really jumped on the golden milk bandwagon, despite all the hype about the health benefits of turmeric. I've usually seen golden milk, known as haldi doodh, as a powdered spice mix or in the refrigerated section. Trader Joe's Turmeric Ginger Coconut Beverage ($2.69 for a 32 oz. carton) is shelf-stable and lactose and…

July 10, 20190Comments

Dessert Recipes

5 Delicious Summer Berry Desserts

In the Pacific Northwest we're blessed with a summer berry season that'll last into early September. This weekend, I made my first round of tayberry and raspberry jam and I made a simple, gorgeous raspberry crostata that's perfect for two. Pie has never been my forte, but a rustic galette or crostata is right…

July 9, 20190Comments

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We Tried Trader Joe’s Neapolitan Joe-Joe Ice Cream

What to Do with Trader Joe’s Italian Bomba Hot Pepper Sauce

It’s Time to Rethink the Teriyaki Burger

CRASHING THE A-LIST by Summer Heacock | Spot Review

TEMPER by Layne Fargo | Spot Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Spicy Taco Sauce

We Tried Trader Joe’s Ketchup Flavored Spud Crunchies

Trashed by Mia Hopkins| 5-star review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Turmeric Ginger Coconut Beverage

5 Delicious Summer Berry Desserts

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