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I stumbled upon this site looking for recipes for Pomegranate Molasses, and I'm so glad I did! I love the Secret Ingredient idea and can't wait to check out the others! And these Pomegranate Molasses and Pine Nut Cookies are going to be a nice change to make for Christmas! Thanks for the inspiration!

This is great! I picked up a bottle of molasses recently because it sounded interesting but didn't have any idea what to do with it. All of these sound wonderful. Thanks!

Sounds great! I have had pomegranate molasses on the shopping list for weeks, but haven't found it yet. I want to try it in some sort of chutney recipe to go with lamb or pork.
Looking forward to the next secret ingredient. Thanks.

I have used the pom syrup/molasses for several years since being turned on to it by my sons former (Iranian) girlfriend's mother.
I have made the dish mentioned by yogurtsoda (3/28) but using chicken rather than duck...also the muhammara, which quickly became a party favorite among my friends. This stuff is wonderful and a secret no more!!
I am going to make these cookies this weekend! And the ribs will def. not be far behind. Thanks for this great post!

Ok, if you're gonna continue to post things like the bbq ribs and the cookie recipes, you have to start handing out drool bibs! Absolutely mouthwatering!

The bottle of pomegranate SYRUP-definitely not molasses, comes from company ie: The Green Valley, located in the Bekaa plateau in LEBANON, where it is made from SOUR pomegranate not the sweet ones. In many countries of the middle east this syrup is widely used in many culinary preparations, mainly the small pizza-like delicious appetizers made of dough,minced meat,onion and pine nuts........

Thanks Michelle, you answered the question I had, quickly and efficiently, without going into a lot of information I did not need to know.

And while I can and do make my own stock, doing so for a simple last minute recipe for dinner, that calls for a small amount, to me, is a waste of time. While I am no Barefoot Contessa cook, I am quite good at it, but I have quite a full and busy life, a job and a family that don't always allow for hours in the kitchen babysitting my stock pot.....so try to remember before you tell someone they shouldn't be cooking that maybe you don't have all the information before you just give them advise on it.

Thanks again Michelle, you saved me from picking up the wrong stock at the store! Have a great day!

It's just so catchy! I wrote down all the lyrics in case anyone wants to sing it in the car - like me.

http://lloydandlauren.com/2009/02/09/trader-joes-song-lyrics

Very interesting, I 'll be trying the new Swanson stock. I agree that the Progresso is good, but I also like the Wolfgang Puck stock flavor too. He has a broth and a stock product, but it's the stock that I prefer.
I'm also a user of Better than Bouillon. In a pinch that's a lifesaver!

From a local Pasadena boy now grown up and living in Sydney Australia, my most profound thanks and appreciation for your work. This brought me right back to all the smells, sounds & chilled air of Trader Joe's.

That was just the best commercial. I love Trader Joe's and have contacted them at least 5 times about putting one in a nearby college city, but they seem to have no interest. Too bad for all of us. They would be doing a bang-up business and I would be just too, too happy. I wonder why they dont think Vestal, NY is worthy?? We have everything else on the Parkway and a decent population. Methinks they should come take a look!

Sweeeet!!!!!!!! He really did capture the TJs experience! The first time I went to Trader Joe's, I didn't get it. Now I do--the staples--milk, eggs, etc. are all less expensive than you're regular A & P, Shop-Rite, etc. so you get that stuff there and you try the strange little things that sound interesting and are not expensive. "It's the two dollar wine that tastes like four". In NJ, it's three dollars, but I'd say it tastes more like a ten dollar wine!! In NJ, only the Westfield store sells liquior. I'm lucky to have one TJs on my way home from work, and two others that are a short drive away.

Caroliiine, it is the one in San Francisco on Masonic!

I was watching it, just liking the video, and then I saw that it was the TJ's that I visit regularly from my school (the University of San Francisco)...and that made me just love it. Oh Trader Joes, how I love thee and your quirkiness.