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11/25/2011
Thoughts can be dangerous.
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Tags:food, italian, marinara, price, review, reviews, tj, tj's, tomato sauce, trader joe's, vegan, vegetarian
Posted in Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's, Vegetarian | 1 Comment »
11/24/2011
Like the sardines, I walked past this for months. The difference? This smells a whole lot better.
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Tags:aldi, chianti, docg, gonfalone, price, review, reviews, sangiovese, wine
Posted in ALDI, Wine | 3 Comments »
11/20/2011
Sardines. It’s a craving thing. That’s the only answer.
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Tags:aldi, calories, fish, food, northern catch, price, review, reviews, sardines
Posted in ALDI, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 31 Comments »
11/19/2011
Hominy, that tough tasteless white, as if just returning from a vegetable vampire party, stuff that hangs out with grit. Why is this the key ingredient in posole?
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Tags:cooking, corn, exotic, food, hominy, mexican, posole, recipe, recipes, soup
Posted in Recipes, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 2 Comments »
11/18/2011
I purchased this after reading in a Trader Joe’s flyer it was an AVA wine. Now I’m a little confused how to identify a wine as AVA. And that’s before finishing the bottle.
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Tags:ava, edna valley, Pinot Noir, price, review, reviews, tj, tj's, trader joe's, wine
Posted in Trader Joe's, Wine | 1 Comment »
11/06/2011
3.5 ounce chocolate bar for a buck? Not bad.
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Tags:aldi, calories, chocolate, cocoa, dark chocolate, food, hazelnut, milk chocolate, price, schogetten
Posted in ALDI, Recipes, food, cooking and related items | 9 Comments »
11/05/2011
The thought sounded good, creamy rich rice combined with thick flavorful tomato sauce. In reality, not so good.
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Tags:arborio rice, marinara, recipe, recipes, risotto, tomato sauce, vegetarian
Posted in Recipes, Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Vegetarian | 3 Comments »
11/03/2011
Compared to the distant memory of the last boxed noodle bowl I ate, these are better. But they still might be better used stored in a survival kit that we hope never needs to be opened.
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Tags:box lunch, calories, food, price, review, reviews, simple, simply asia
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10/29/2011
Back to basics on this one. What’s basic is a good under $5 wine.
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Tags:igt, italy, price, review, reviews, roccalta, sangiovese, tj, tj's, trader joe's, wine
Posted in Trader Joe's, Wine | 6 Comments »