Roundup

This is my weekly compilation of news and other links about Trader Joe's that I've found this week.


The man who runs the Silver Lake Trader Joe's parking lot 

10 Trader Joe's coffees, ranked by an expert 

Meet the authors of 9 Trader Joe's cookbooks 

Trader Joe's treasures (TJ's ingredients for Italian food)

Best Trader Joe's snacks

Recipe using TJ's ricotta and lemon zest ravioli 

Favorite appetizers from Trader Joe's 

Trader Joe's ex-president opens store with aging food and cheap meals 

7 healthy Trader Joe's copycat recipes 

Trader Joe's favorites (Warning: Incredibly annoying 52-minute video of one woman talking about her favorites, off the cuff, bizarrely filmed with the camera in the vertical orientation, dog barking in background, walking away to take care of the dog--without editing that out--and uptalk about every third word. I could stand only about five minutes of it. But if you're into that kind of thing, go watch it.)

Best tweets of the week:

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Here's this week's video from "Trader Joe":



And finally, this week's cute cat in a Trader Joe's grocery bag is not a photograph, but a short (30 seconds) video. See it here.