6 New Items to Be on the Lookout for at Trader Joe’s

In the latest episode of its Inside Trader Joe's podcast, the company previewed six new products to be on the lookout for over the next few months. Bomba - Fermented Calabrian peppers somewhere between a tapenade and a sauce. Italian chiles chopped up, mixed with a little basil and a little salt, resulting in…

June 24, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

Milk Street: Tuesday Nights | Cookbook Spotlight

Milk Street: Tuesday Nights is the June pick for the #RainyDayBitesCookbookClub on Instagram. Since June 8, I've made 10 dishes from the book. When you consider there are more than 200 recipes in the book, it's only a tiny fraction. Vietnamese Meatball Lettuce Wraps from Milk Street: Tuesday Nights. Typically, I'll make 3-4 and then…

June 24, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

NATALIE TAN’S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE by Roselle Lim | Book Review

ARC provided by the publisher for review I loved the first half of NATALIE TAN's BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE by Roselle Lim. Natalie's been traveling the world and comes back to San Francisco after the death of her mother. The neighborhood she once knew as thriving and vibrant is a shadow of its former…

June 18, 20190Comments

Recipes

Diana Kuan’s Sichuan-Style Peanut Noodles

In the last couple of weeks, I've been bumping into recipes with sichuan peppercorns everywhere I look. First, it was the Crispy Sichuan Chile Chicken in MILK STREET: TUESDAY NIGHTS, then it was a recipe from Danielle Centoni's upcoming FRIED RICE book, and then, it was the Sichuan-Style Peanut Noodles from Diana Kuan's RED HOT…

June 17, 20190Comments

Recipes

Colleen Hoover’s Confess TV Series is Now on iTunes

Confess, the limited series based on the novel by Colleen Hoover, is now available on iTunes. Hoover announced the news on Twitter yesterday. All 7 episodes of Confess are now on iTunes! https://t.co/fH8qwoV6TT pic.twitter.com/BJEMJrT3H0 — Colleen Hoover (@colleenhoover) June 14, 2019 The show stars Katie LeClerc as Auburn and Ryan Cooper as Owen. Years after…

June 15, 20190Comments

Recipes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Patio Potato Chips

Ketchup Chips Come to the US, Along w/ 3 Other Flavors in One Bag! When the company previewed its summer products earlier this year, Trader Joe's Patio Potato Chips ($2.29 for a 6 oz. bag) were high on my list. With four flavors in one bag -- Delicious Dill, Ketchup, Sea Salt and Vinegar, and…

June 13, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

Romance Review Roundup: The Flatshare, The Rogue of Fifth Avenue, On the Corner of Love and Hate

In today's romance review round up, I'm featuring quick hit reviews on two new releases: THE FLATSHARE by Beth O'Leary and THE ROGUE OF FIFTH AVENUE by Joanna Shupe, as well as Nina Bocci's ON THE CORNER OF LOVE AND HATE, which arrives later this summer. Enjoy! ARC provided by the publisher via NetGalley Fresh, yet familiar!…

June 6, 20190Comments

Main Course Recipes

Kimchi Jjigae // Koreatown: A Cookbook Spotlight

Inspired by Always Be My Maybe, Ali Wong and Russell Park's new rom-com streaming on Netflix, I made kimchi jjigae last weekend. It's a simple stew that you've gotta have over rice. After researching on the Internet, I grabbed my copy of Koreatown: A Cookbook by Deuki Hong. Where most Internet recipes just called for…

June 5, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez | 4-star Review

ARC provided by the publisher for review Funny, sexy, honest. A debut you won’t soon forget. Everyone thinks they have a novel in them. But most debuts are nowhere near as impactful as The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez (June 11; Forever Romance). In a friends-to-lovers story about a 24-year-old woman,…

June 4, 20190Comments

Book Reviews

WAITING FOR TOM HANKS by Kerry Winfrey | 4-Star Review & Excerpt

Review copy provided by the publisher for review A pitch perfect beach read! If you’re a mega-fan of 90s rom-coms, you and Waiting for Tom Hanks (June 11; Berkley Romance) by Kerry Winfrey are M-F-E-O. Made For Each Other. It’s a supercute (and totally self-aware) homage to the genre, with nods to everything from…

June 3, 20190Comments

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6 New Items to Be on the Lookout for at Trader Joe’s

Milk Street: Tuesday Nights | Cookbook Spotlight

NATALIE TAN’S BOOK OF LUCK AND FORTUNE by Roselle Lim | Book Review

Diana Kuan’s Sichuan-Style Peanut Noodles

Colleen Hoover’s Confess TV Series is Now on iTunes

We Tried Trader Joe’s Patio Potato Chips

Romance Review Roundup: The Flatshare, The Rogue of Fifth Avenue, On the Corner of Love and Hate

Kimchi Jjigae // Koreatown: A Cookbook Spotlight

The Friend Zone by Abby Jimenez | 4-star Review

WAITING FOR TOM HANKS by Kerry Winfrey | 4-Star Review & Excerpt

It Looks Like You in the Dark by Mathilda Zeller | Review

Now Available: Wicker, the Short Story That Inspired the Film

Review: The Romance Revival by Christina Lauren