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May 21, 2012
More Fun with Speculoos from Trader Joe's: Now in a Chocolate Bar
If you recall, a few months ago we waxed rhapsodic about Trader Joe's Speculoos, a product that is essentially, smooshed cookies in a jar. Imagine asking a five-year-old "What's your dream sandwich spread?" and lo, it came true. Now, TJ's has taken that sugar rush to an even further extreme, introdu ... More >>
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February 17, 2012
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 2/13-2/17
Flickr/Lauren ManningIn which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Bay Cities' mac is enough to give heartburn to an 8-year-old and good enough for him to know it's worth it." 9 Best Macaroni & Cheese Dishes in Los Angeles. "Okay, it's not out just yet, but it's ... More >>
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February 15, 2012
Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, aka Speculoos, is Back!
ProfessorSalt.comTrader Joe's Cookie Butter, before they ran out last yearIf you've never experienced the creamy, crackalicious wonder that is Trader Joe's Cookie Butter, it might be because the shipment they imported late last year caught on like wildfire. They've been sold out since before ... More >>
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February 10, 2012
Trader Joe's Signs Deal With Tomato Workers
After years of nudges, calls to action and protests, grocery chain Trader Joe's has finally signed on to the Fair Food Agreement. Spearheaded by the Coalition of Immokalee Workers, it's a major step forward in the decadelong campaign to improve working conditions for pickers in Florida, where nearly ... More >>
Blogs
November 2, 2011
Trader Joe's Tries to Copy Kyochon's Chicken Wings -- And Fails
Guzzle & NoshTrader Joe's Crispy Spicy Chicken Wings.We love Trader Joe's as much as the next cheap wine-swilling, Candy Cane Joe-Joe-snarfing American (except when they're shafting tomato pickers), but some things, even God shouldn't touch. Kyochon's chicken wings, to be precise. Where angel ... More >>
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October 24, 2011
Art Gallery Food Files: The Evolution of Exhibition Opening Food
jgarbeeNew Opening Night Diversity: Heels Chef Clogs At Gallery KMThere was a time when art gallery openings typically featured a cubed cheese platter and the sort of cheap wine that made even die-hard red wine drinkers switch to white for the night. (The chill helped mask the unpleasantnes ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Trader Joe's to See Angry Farm Workers March on Headquarters: They Want Better Wages, Improved Conditions in Fields
Tis the season of protest. Some angry people will be occupying Trader Joe's today, and not just for the frozen tamales. Unfortunately, this is not a case of occupiers carbo-loading for winter. Rather farm workers are pissed at Trader Joe's for failing to join a movement that seeks to improve ... More >>
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October 21, 2011
Trader Joe's Tomato Protest Today in Monrovia
Top: Coalition of Immokalee Workers. Bottom: Guzzle & NoshWorkers protest Trader Joe's tomato policies.A one-cent per-pound increase in the price of tomatoes may not mean much to most consumers, but to many of the workers who pick these tomatoes -- a physically exhausting job with no health b ... More >>
Blogs
August 12, 2011
Westside Market Robbers Dressed as 'Security' And Holding Guns Have Hit Three Stores Including Trader Joe's: LAPD on The Hunt
LAPD/YouTubeA robbery at Overland Liquor Store.The latest in a series of market robberies has authorities on alert and normally happy shiny Westsiders shaking in their Ugg boots. It happened Wednesday night about 9:45 p.m. when three gun-toting men dressed in black "security" shirts burst in ... More >>
Blogs
August 5, 2011
Top 5 Food Festival Etiquette Rules
Guzzle & NoshCrowds at the 2010 LA Food Festival.Summer is the season of food festivals. Whether it's beer, pancakes or food trucks, this is the time of year we line up (or sit down) at weekend events for samples of exotic and exciting foods. Unfortunately, some of us don't quite know how to ... More >>
Blogs
July 26, 2011
I Love Trader Joe's College Cookbook, Farmers Markets Not Included
If you happen to be a cookbook reviewer, when folks find out your profession, the cocktail party conversation will soon become a running list of every brilliant cookbook idea the martini fan standing in front of you has ever had. It is from one of these gin-induced brainstorm moments that we ... More >>
Blogs
July 15, 2011
Don't Eat This Now: Ralph's "Fresh" Strawberry Whippy Satin Cream Cake
JgarbeeRead The Ingredients At Your Own RiskSome people show up to dinner, be it at a restaurant or at a friend's house, with a running list of what they do not allow to pass their lips (after you have already prepared a dinner of said offenders, of course): Beef, pork, dairy, carbs, anything ... More >>
LA Life
June 9, 2011
Best Comment Thread of the Year: Blogging L.A.'s "The 5 Worst Trader Joe's Parking Lots in L.A."
JgarbeeRead The Ingredients At Your Own RiskSome people show up to dinner, be it at a restaurant or at a friend's house, with a running list of what they do not allow to pass their lips (after you have already prepared a dinner of said offenders, of course): Beef, pork, dairy, carbs, anything ... More >>
Blogs
May 23, 2011
Loafin': Top 5 Bakery Breads
Amy ScattergoodChallah-in-process at Stoneground. "Don't fill up on bread," a few million parents have warned, seated around a trattoria table, a basket of steaming slices and a cup of olive oil at its center. Their children have never listened, and it's no wonder. Bread is a much better fo ... More >>
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May 18, 2011
Pantry Debate: The Shell Pasta Dilemma Chef Suzanne Goin's Anti-Clumping Tips
JGarbeeAn Unfortunate Orecchiette TorpedoFor some, the never-ending grocery store debate involves which shortcut ingredients will actually mean getting dinner on the table at a reasonable hour. For us, there is but one question (okay, two, as olive oil is always involved): Is it worth it to s ... More >>
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May 3, 2011
Squid Ink's Most Beloved Discontinued Products: Well, A Few of Them
DSL in Jaz/flickrWe hardly knew you. Our favorite convenience foods are like friendly co-workers holed up in the next cubicle over. We meet them, like them, grow accustomed to their presence in our lives, and then, just as soon as we realize we can't quite imagine life without them, they di ... More >>
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April 26, 2011
Wine Shop Report: The Food Is "Fresh & Easy" But How's The Wine?
JGarbee For this month's Wine Shop Report, we hit another grocery store chain, Fresh & Easy. Not because we are particularly fond of shopping for wine under fluorescent lights, but because that income tax check is still a little too fresh in our mind. And so we gathered up our recycled wine b ... More >>
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April 14, 2011
How Plastic Are You?
JGarbee For this month's Wine Shop Report, we hit another grocery store chain, Fresh & Easy. Not because we are particularly fond of shopping for wine under fluorescent lights, but because that income tax check is still a little too fresh in our mind. And so we gathered up our recycled wine b ... More >>
Eat+Drink
April 7, 2011
Jonathan Gold Reviews Mo-Chica
JGarbee For this month's Wine Shop Report, we hit another grocery store chain, Fresh & Easy. Not because we are particularly fond of shopping for wine under fluorescent lights, but because that income tax check is still a little too fresh in our mind. And so we gathered up our recycled wine b ... More >>
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April 5, 2011
Ask Mr. Gold: What's The Big Deal With Quinoa?
Anne Fishbeinthe invisible restaurant critic Dear Mr. Gold: What's the big deal with quinoa? I couldn't even pronounce it right when I first saw it on the menu at Hugo's in Studio City. Then I saw it at Trader Joe's and then I saw it everywhere. It has probably been around forever, but has on ... More >>
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March 24, 2011
Wine Shop Report: Has Trader Joe's Grown Up Since Two Buck Chuck?
J. GarbeeThe Partial Trader Joe's Tasting, Including That Il Valore Sangiovese Welcome to the wine shop tasting edition of Squid Ink, an occasional roundup of current offerings at select local wine shops. Take note of the word "select," as it basically means those we can afford. As in, this w ... More >>
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March 16, 2011
Squid Ink Food Writers' Guilty Pleasures: Or, What We Eat Over the Sink
Dommy GonzalezRamen. Every food writer loves to share "guilty" pleasures -- gritty eats with which he or she slums it when sublime tacos from phantom trucks or, on the higher end, things dusted with Parmesan and bathed in truffle oil are not available. While we abhor the notion that food sho ... More >>
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November 16, 2010
Candy Cane Joe-Joe's Are Back!
More than miniature twinkling lights or The Little Drummer Boy blaring from every boutique, the surest sign the Christmas season has arrived is the return of Candy Cane Joe-Joe's -- or, as they're known on the street, Christmas Crack. Thanks in part to their seasonal nature, these ersatz Oreos ha ... More >>
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November 8, 2010
Cilantro Recall: What Not to Buy At Trader Joe's
Trader Joe's is recalling several cilantro products that may contain salmonella. If you're looking for that spicy Thai style pasta salad with chicken and rib meat in the ready-made section, it won't be there until further notice. If you're already sick, the lawyers are all over it. Of cours ... More >>
Eat+Drink
October 21, 2010
Lasagna To Go?
Try the "cupcakes" from Heirloom L.A.
Blogs
October 20, 2010
Ask Mr. Gold: Lasagna to Go? Try the "Cupcakes" from Heirloom L.A.
Anne FishbeinMr. Gold, with dim sum menuDear Mr. Gold: This weekend, we're having some fellow parents over for a playdate with our 2-year-olds, and then dinner. With all that 2-year-old energy going on, I'm thinking it might be a good idea to buy a lasagna, so I don't have to slave away in th ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
Top 10 Kitchen Safety Tips (Excluding: "Don't Be a Moron")
Flickr user Photography_1O1Is your meat being stored at the appropriate temperature? It is National Food Safety Education Month, because everyone knows that the best way to deal with a serious issue is to give it its own month. We also love giving out National Days (yesterday was National Cr ... More >>
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August 23, 2010
Fortune Magazine Enters the Secret World of Trader Joe's
Photo credit: Cafe SocietyOutside Trader Joe's Trader Joe's is one of the most successful grocery store chains in the country, and also one of the most secretive. Now, with an article by reporter Beth Kowitt in the latest issue of Fortune Magazine, we know a little bit more. The article, tit ... More >>
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June 25, 2010
Short Attention Span Dinner Theater: Your Week in Food, 6/21-6/25
In which we highlight the past week in food, either at home or abroad. "Do I ever feel like giving alternative advice, suggesting you pick up Thai barbecued chickens at Sapp Coffee Shop, an armful of barbecued goat ribs at Phong Dinh or a sackful of barbecued quail at Marouch? Sure, all th ... More >>
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June 24, 2010
5 Most Disgusting Items In The Trader Joe's Freezer Aisle
Trader Joe's is really inexpensive. To be honest, it is at times somewhat frighteningly so. But we continue to shop there, mainly because of those low prices, their large wine selection, snappy packaging and generally friendly staff. It is a brand we've come to trust, without ever really stopping to ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2010
Breaking Up is Hard to do at Trader Joe's
Ben CalderwoodIt's happening again The un-sulphured dried mango has gone missing. It's not the first time, but it still stings. The crystallized mango is a snacking imperative, tucked away in my kitchen, my backpack, my car. Its absence induces a kind of gustatory panic. A friend muses that ... More >>
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March 29, 2010
Trader Joe's Switching Over To Sustainable Seafood in 2012
Word is in, via the Mother Nature Network that Trader Joe's has changed their tune, and plan to sell only sustainable seafood by the end of 2012. Within the last year, Trader Joe's has been under fire from Greenpeace, who did not look kindly on their practices in aquatic protein sales. When Greenpe ... More >>
Blogs
March 15, 2010
Merlot March Madness: What To Drink On the Road To The Final Four
H&K SculpturesWine DunkWelcome to Merlot March Madness. Squid Ink has been training for weeks, swirling and sipping -- definitely not spitting -- to come up with just the right wines to drink during the Road to the Final Four. Why Merlot? It's just so college basketball friendly -- a wine wit ... More >>
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October 7, 2009
Top 10 Free Samples: Where to Eat in L.A. Without Worrying About Things Like, Say...Money
User Lucyrk in LA, from the LA Weekly Flickr pool.Wanna try a tomato?You don't have to go full freegan to eat without a wallet. Times are hard, but that's no reason to deprive your stomach of tasty treats. Here are our Top 10 spots for free edible samples in Los Angeles: 10. Trader Joe's For ... More >>
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August 18, 2009
Why They Hate Us: The Life of L.A. Stereotypes
File under Too Good to Be True: Jacksonville.com, the Florida Times-Union Web site, has a Dare to Ask column and today's question came from a 21-year-old Angeleno seeking to learn why the rest of the country "think[s] we're all a bunch of jet-setting, fast-talking, unfriendly, shallow, flaky yuppies ... More >>
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August 6, 2009
Cacao Mexicatessen Is Hecho and Open in Eagle Rock
Trader Joe's in Eagle Rock has a new neighbor. Cacao Mexicatessen opened last Friday, functioning as a taquería, marketplace, café, and catering shop all in one. By the entrance there's a nice selection of the namesake product, including imported Mexican chocolates and a few organic Taza Chocolate ... More >>
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July 14, 2009
Fish Tale: Does Trader Joe's Sell Endangered Seafood?
File this under Good Stores Doing Bad Things. The environmentally sensitive consumer's dilemma is embodied in Four Story blogger Nathan Walpow's recent post, "My World Is Coming Down Around Me," about charges that Trader Joe's is not green enough when it comes to protecting fish.
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January 22, 2009
How Green Was My Weekend?
File this under Good Stores Doing Bad Things. The environmentally sensitive consumer's dilemma is embodied in Four Story blogger Nathan Walpow's recent post, "My World Is Coming Down Around Me," about charges that Trader Joe's is not green enough when it comes to protecting fish.
Blogs
January 6, 2009
Cooking with all Things Trader Joe's: Crazytarian Recipes Made Easy
When I was in my early twenties and had the dual luxuries of copious time and disposable income, I loved to cook. I cooked different things all the time, experimented with various styles of cooking and ingredients, and wasn't afraid to take a chance on something exotic. "What's the worst that could ... More >>
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December 31, 2008
Trader Joe's Aisle Meltdown
There are some things that the bonds of matrimony are no match for and they come up this time of year through my admittedly perverse desire to walk into Macy's on Christmas Eve (Union or Herald Square, in San Francisco or N.Y. -- the bigger the better) and, on New Year's Eve, to "pick something up" ... More >>
Music
October 16, 2008
On Fashion Week
Couture Salvage, Bettina Hubby's Co-Tour 2008, Rocky Horror Reminder
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September 11, 2008
Sacred Sounds
Couture Salvage, Bettina Hubby's Co-Tour 2008, Rocky Horror Reminder
Blogs
August 14, 2008
Flyers of the Week: Dirty Sailor / Sunset Junction
This flyer is just a thing of beauty. MJ's has been hopping lately. Thumping bass bleeds through the walls, and I catch glimpses of glistening shirtless man-flesh dancing on a tiny stage as I walk to Trader Joe's for bread and cat food like the 80 year-old lady that I am. Still, I thought it was j ... More >>
News
October 5, 2006
Best Way to Reap What Others Sow
This flyer is just a thing of beauty. MJ's has been hopping lately. Thumping bass bleeds through the walls, and I catch glimpses of glistening shirtless man-flesh dancing on a tiny stage as I walk to Trader Joe's for bread and cat food like the 80 year-old lady that I am. Still, I thought it was j ... More >>
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October 6, 2005
The Tastemaker
Trader Joe�s days of wine and cheeses
LA Life
November 20, 2003
Oh, Grow Up!
How to throw a party like a real adult
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October 30, 2003
The Checkout Line
How to throw a party like a real adult
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March 22, 2001
Astrology 120V
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June 24, 1999
Fava Knows Best
Lebanese bean stew in Pasadena
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August 20, 1998
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