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Trader Joe’s – Vegetable Panang Curry – Food Review

02/18/2016
Panang Curry, Trader Joe's

Vegetable Panang Curry
Trader Joe’s

A gob of sticky rice,  a mess, a few green things and a tasty sauce describes this microwave boxed meal.  Trader Joe needs to go back to the drawing board on this one.

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Trader Joe’s – Dark Chocolate Chunk and Almond Cookies – Food Review

02/11/2016
Dark Chocolate Chunk Almond Cookies Trader Joe's

Dark Chocolate Chunk
and Almond Cookies
Trader Joe’s

If you don’t like sweets, you may like these.  Or, if you want to curtail your intake of sweets for whatever reason, these may be a blessing.  That’s not to say these are so bad you wouldn’t eat them.  They’re actually good in their own way.

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Mama Cozzi’s – Chicken, Spinach And Garlic Pizza – Food Review – ALDI

02/05/2016
Mama Cozzi's Chicken, Spinach & Garlic Pizza

Mama Cozzi’s Chicken, Spinach & Garlic Pizza

The acid test for any food is whether your dog, if you have a dog, will lick your fingers and/or plate after eating something like this.  I am glad to say a dog will lick your fingers, plate, mustache, lips, . . . – well let’s just stop here in the list of what your dog may lick.

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Belmont New York Style Cheesecake – ALDI – Food Review

01/28/2016
ALDI - Belmont New York Style Cheesecake

ALDI – Belmont
New York Style
Cheesecake

Is it?  Not really.  But it’s pretty darn close, and about as good as you’re going to find in a supermarket freezer.
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Starbucks Sumatra Whole Bean Coffee – Dark Roast – Food Review

01/26/2016
Starbucks Sumatra Coffee Dark Roast Whole Bean

Starbucks
Sumatra

Want your pee to smell like coffee?  This will do it.

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Trader Joe’s Aloo Chaat – Kati Pouches – Food Review

01/26/2016
Aloo Chaat Trader Joe's

Aloo Chaat
Trader Joe’s

Think of these as hot, hot pockets – but with a twist.  The first hot meaning spicy.  The second hot meaning, well, hot – as in more than warm.

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Colombia Supremo Whole Bean Coffee – Food Review – Trader Joe’s

01/06/2016

Colombia Supremo Whole Bean Coffee Trader Joe's

Cigarette butts and stale ashtray.  That’s the smell that came out of the can.  The message was clear, this is going to be different. (more…)

Clancy’s Microwave Butter Popcorn – Food Review – ALDI

01/06/2016
Clancy's Butter Popcorn ALDI

Clancy’s Microwave
Butter Popcorn
ALDI

Popcorn is the reason we go to the movies.  And we go to the movies almost every weekend.  That addiction extends to the home.

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Trader Joe’s Aged Sumatra Coffee 2015 – Food Review

12/16/2015
Aged Sumatra Coffee Trader Joe's

Aged Sumatra
Coffee
Trader Joe’s

This is the 2015 edition according to the label on the can.  The label speaks to the special aging process the coffee goes through.  The beans are aged for two years before roasted and sold.

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ALDI – Specially Selected Caprese Pizza – Food Review

11/20/2015
ALDI Caprese Pizza

ALDI
Caprese Pizza

This is another interesting pizza from Germany.  Yes, Germany.  That’s not an auto spelling correction gone wild.

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