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A big time winner! I don't know who Julie is or if she is even real, but I would marry her right now just for the recipe. This is natures perfect combo: Mandarin orange flavored sorbet and vanilla ...

I have been waiting a few years for Trader Joe's to come out with a cherry pie. Most cherry pies I see are loaded with corn syrup and are usually dissapointing. This one however, is made with all go ...

I don't know why this salt is red, but once you get over the strangeness, it adds a nice aesthetic touch as well as great taste. They also had Hawaiian Black Sea salt, but that was too strange. A ...

The cookies at TJs can be hit or miss to me. I avoided these for a while, afraid of a miss. I was very wrong, as they turned out to be maybe the best of TJs cookie selections. Sutters Formula are ...

One of the more unsusual products at TJ's. It is a sorbet made from the Acai berry, from Brazil, along with some bananas. It is dark in color and has a berry-banana taste, as would be expected. Rec ...

If an olive were a raisin this is what it would be. They are dried, shrunken, highly salted with a high deliciousness factor. If you have an aversion to salt you should stay far away from these. Th ...

These are a big hit around here. They consist of an ice cream center-either chocolate or vanilla- on top of a cookie/cake layer, and enrobed in dark chocolate. I like to let them melt a bit inside s ...

Better than bagged cookies and real easy to make. The dough comes frozen and separated. Just lay the dough balls on an ungreased cookie sheet and bake for 12 minutes or so.

All the taste of this classic Venetian torte but without the bad smell from the Grand Canal. I don't know if this is really an authentic Venetian torte, or if a native of Venice would even recognize ...

Normally I would pass on these but they were on sale for .99 each, so I had to try them. This is basically a pound cake drenched with Cointreau. Very moist and full of flavor, this is a steal at the ...

Attaining the proper ratio of cake to icing is the essential factor in making the mini-cupcake superior to its larger sibling. So, where the consumer of regular cupcakes often is faced with several b ...

I am not a wine taster, so let me just say, this smells like wine and almost tastes like wine too. I think of it as sophisticated grape juice. I enjoy this with beef or spicy sausage. If you are going ...

I usually buy the TJ's brand for everyday eating because they are a bit cheaper, but I prefer the Applegate Farms brand of skinless sausage. They are described on the package as being mild, certified ...

Trottole seem to be macaroni by another name. Trottole seem a bit bigger and every trottole is actually a pair of intertwined trottole. Any possibel comparisions stop there on the surface. The tast ...

The secret ingredient in my tomato sauce. The fire roasted tomato carries a complex, sweet and smokey flavor, distinguishing it from even the best homemade, plain tomato sauces. Muir Glen is known a ...

Four elements combine here to produce an almost perfect desert. The right amount of rich, creamy flan, flavorful apricots, a rich crumb topping, all topped on a buttery phyllo crust. Each element ad ...

Spaghetti con Aglio e Olio (Spaghetti with Garlic and Olive Oil) A classic dish from southern Italy. So simple, yet so good. Remember, with simple dishes like this, good ingredients are essentia ...

You may have noticed the flurry of new deserts at your local TJ's in the past few weeks. The Blueberry Blintz Cheesecake is the one that really caught my eye. I am a lover of the traditional, but ...

A puzzling combination is the sea-salt brownie. Not one I would have though to make. Surprisingly, they come together very well in this new offering from Trader Joe's. First, brownie itself I would ...