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.…
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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…
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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…
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…
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…
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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…
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…
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…
On its latest podcast episode, Trader Joe's previewed several new products due out this summer. Among them, Trader Joe's Strawberry Rose fruit spread ($2.99 for a 12 oz. jar). They called this one out as a "limited buy" meaning they bought a specific lot from the maker and when it's gone, it's gone.
Well, I…
Upfront, let me say I've never made pimento cheese dip from scratch. I'm from California and it's a dip I've always associated with the South. So this "review" of Trader Joe's Pimento Cheese Dip isn't coming from a life long lover of pimento cheese. All I can tell you is, I'm gonna be making…
