Trader Joe’s Chicken Vindaloo – Food Review

02/04/2011 by

There’s a nice bit of heat in this frozen box lunch from Trader Joe’s.  At $ 2.49, it’s another thing that will be hard to pass up on your next visit.

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TJ’s Bite Size Everything Crackers – Food Review & Recipe (sort of)

01/30/2011 by

 As you might expect, if it’s from Trader Joe’s, it’s just a little different.

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Super Snack Bowl – XLV

01/29/2011 by

One week and counting down.  What will you do with those twenty people coming over?  Keep them fed.

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Top 10 – Wine Review

01/23/2011 by

It’s always dangerous to rely solely on one’s memory.  However it’s even more dangerous to have 10 open bottles of wine and try to rank them.

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Gaetano D’Aquino Chianti Riserva – 2006 – DOCG

01/22/2011 by

Seal and all, this is about the highest classification for wines in Italy.  e Garantita – guaranteed.  And it’s still only $5.79.

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Pot Luck Italian Pasta Salad – recipe

01/22/2011 by

A couple of times a month, I leave work, walk across the parking lot, go to the deli department of the local supermarket, buy a small container of some type of pasta salad costing around $6/lb., plus or minus, walk out of the store, back across the parking lot, take the elevator back to the office, where I eat the pasta salad at my desk.  As well as having a very boring life, I like pasta salad.

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Rich & Charlie Salad – recipe

01/17/2011 by

If you wonder what the other institution is that goes with St. Louis Mostaccioli, here it is. 

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Classic White Bread – recipe – from scratch

01/17/2011 by

What’s to do on a cold winter’s day?  Warm up the house.  Bake some bread.

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Charles Shaw – Merlot – 2009 – Wine Review

01/13/2011 by

Carefully look at the picture of the bottle.  It’s mostly empty.  Know what that means?  Someone actually drank the wine.  That should be the new scale for rating any wine.  The emptier the bottle, the better the wine.

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Mini Wonton Cannoli – recipe – part 1 – the filling

01/09/2011 by

No one doesn’t like these.  That’s all anyone needs to know.

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