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12/18/2010
After a long, long wait, the first disk of Doctor Who, Season 5 finally arrived from Netflix. For Doctor Who fans, you won’t be disappointed.
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Tags:bbc, dr who, dr who season 5, review, reviews, tv, tv series
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12/18/2010
A recent trip to TJ’s proved disappointing this week. Gone from the shelves were my favorite Chianti Artisan Salami as well as its cousin Pinot Grigio Artisan Salami. I hope this a temporary aberration. (more…)
Tags:chips, food, frozen box lunches, italian, prices, review, reviews, salami, tj's, trader joe's, update, wine
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12/17/2010
520 calories and no pig fat. I hope exercise is part of this diet, because a diet of this Pad Thai is going to require a fair amount of exercise.
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Tags:calories, food, pad thai, price, review, reviews, tj's, trader joe's, vegan, vegetable pad thai, vegetarian
Posted in Recipes, food, cooking and related items, Trader Joe's, Vegetarian | 3 Comments »
12/12/2010
The national dish of England. Huh?
What happened to fish and chips, kidney pie and warm ale?
Has the whole world gone bonkers?
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Tags:calories, chicken tikka masala, exotic, food, frozen box lunches, indian, lunch, price, review, tj's, trader joe's
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12/11/2010
The recipe was supposed to make about 60 of these. You’re looking at my total yield. However there is salvation.
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Tags:cheese appetizers, cooking, filo dough, food, greek, recipe, recipes, rolls, spanakopita, tiropites, triangles
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12/09/2010
Whatever possessed me to try this? And then, whatever possessed me to try this 3 times? And worse, whatever will possess me to try this one more time?
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Tags:baking, bread, cooking, food, italian bread, recipe, recipes, vegetarian, yeast
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12/04/2010
Trader Joe just can’t be happy having one very good olive oil, he has to confuse us with a second one.
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Tags:calories, comparison, extra virgin, food, olive oil, Penelope Cruz, price, review, reviews, spanish, spanish olive oil, tj's, trader joe's
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11/27/2010
I thought I knew what chili verde was, until I started doing some research. In fact now I’m not even sure of the spelling, chili versus chile. I defer to what Shakespeare meant with that rose thing.
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Tags:chile verde, chili verde, cooking, food, mexican, pork, recipe, recipes, salsa, salsa verde, tomatillo sauce
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11/25/2010
The crew will be climbing down from the rigging when this pops out of the microwave.
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Tags:calories, channa, channa masala, exotic, food, frozen box lunches, indian, indian food, masala, price, review, side dish, tj's, trader joe's, vegetarian
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