We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling Cranberry Ginger Beverage

We have reached that point in the year where it's literally impossible to keep up with all the holiday goodies hitting shelves at Trader Joe's. That's in a non-COVID year. I'm shopping once a week, so it's sort of luck of the draw on what's in, and I'm mostly focusing on what's new this…

ByMichelleNovember 13, 20200Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling HoneyCrisp Apple Juice

Trader Joe's has another winner on their hands in the canned sparkling juice department. If you've been a regular TJ's shopper this year, you might have picked up watermelon, strawberry, or black tea with peach juice. And now, Trader Joe's Sparkling Honeycrisp Apple Juice joins the lineup. I don't know about you, but Honeycrisps…

ByMichelleNovember 9, 20200Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sugar Plum Sparkling Beverage

It's the most wonderful time of the year! Thanksgiving and Christmas Holiday items are starting to hit Trader Joe's stores this week. Old favorites are back including almond nog, egg nog, Amarena cherries, and Cocoa Peppermint Almond Creamer. Even advent calendars (dog, cat and human!) are already on shelves. Along with them, we've got…

ByMichelleNovember 5, 20200Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Instant Cold Brew

Trader Joe's first talked about their reverse engineered instant cold brew as targeted for the summer, which would have made more sense in any normal year. I was intrigued by the idea of cold brew that was freeze dried into crystals designed to be rehydrated. But I gotta tell ya, I'm not super impressed with…

ByMichelleOctober 16, 20200Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling Black Tea with Peach Juice

If you're a fan of Peach Tea Snapple, you're gonna wanna pick up Trader Joe's Sparkling Black Tea with Peach Juice. It joins TJ's already delicious lineup of sparkling juices and sodas -- Watermelon, Strawberry, Coconut Water with Yuzu. They've just gotten better and better over time. (I wasn't into the Hibiscus Lemongrass Sparkling Beverage).…

ByMichelleJuly 13, 20200Comments

Product Review

We Tried Almond Breeze Mexican Hot Chocolate

Right about now, we’re all turning to hot apple cider, boozy egg nog, and giant mugs of tea, coffee, or cocoa to keep us warm. Blue Diamond is making sure no one is left out in the cold with Almond Breeze Mexican Hot Chocolate.

ByMichelleDecember 2, 20190Comments

Product Review

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling Watermelon Juice

Over the last couple of weeks I've been taste testing canned rosé, but if you don't or can't drink alcohol, Trader Joe's has a lovely new sparkler to fill your glass with this summer: Trader Joe's Sparkling Watermelon Juice ($3.99 for a 4-pack). Made with 100% juice, each 8.45 oz. can has 60 calories and…

ByMichelleMay 12, 20190Comments

Recipes

‘The Hot Scot’: A Warming Winter Cocktail Inspired by FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Samantha Young's next release, FIGHT OR FLIGHT, hits shelves today in United States. It's a steamy enemies-to-lovers story that starts in an airport and traps the hero and heroine on a cross country flight. (Full review here). Bickery banter ensues. Hero Caleb Scott defines alpha-hole, and abrasive as he is at the beginning, he sure…

ByMichelleOctober 9, 20180Comments

Beverages Recipes

Cool off with a Watermelon Cocktail on National Watermelon Day

It's National Watermelon Day and we're in the midst of a heatwave. Other than a cold slice of watermelon, the thing I'll be looking forward to at the end of the day is a watermelon cocktail. This riff on the Americano combines Campari, sweet vermouth, bottled watermelon juice and Dry Sparkling Watermelon. Proportions are dialed back…

ByMichelleAugust 3, 20170Comments

Book Reviews

April Book Deals on Kindle

It may be April, but this month's cookbook deals say there's still time to hunker down with bread and booze. On the romance side, there's a double deal for rom-com lovers with two Christina Lauren books on sale. Our April book deal picks on Kindle: Bourbon: the Rise, Fall and Rebirth of an American Whiskey Once and…

ByMichelleApril 1, 20170Comments

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling Cranberry Ginger Beverage

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling HoneyCrisp Apple Juice

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sugar Plum Sparkling Beverage

We Tried Trader Joe’s Instant Cold Brew

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling Black Tea with Peach Juice

We Tried Almond Breeze Mexican Hot Chocolate

We Tried Trader Joe’s Sparkling Watermelon Juice

‘The Hot Scot’: A Warming Winter Cocktail Inspired by FIGHT OR FLIGHT

Cool off with a Watermelon Cocktail on National Watermelon Day

April Book Deals on Kindle

Book Review: A Ghastly Catastrophe by Deanna Raybourn

The Fourth Princess by Janie Chang

26 New Asian and Pacific Islander Books for your 2026 TBR