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1 week ago | 
sporked.com | Vinz Karl
Credit: Liv Averett / Birch Benders / Costco / Justin Wine Another month, another Costco haul. But hey—we have a theme this time! May of course means Mother’s Day is upon us. How do you consolidate an entire year’s worth of thank yous into one present?
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2 weeks ago | 
sporked.com | Vinz Karl
Credit: Liv Averett / Trader Joe's Sick of spilling scalding-hot soup on your shirt when you’re craving tom yum? Well, does Trader Joe’s have a product for you. Their Tom Yum Seasoned Snack Mix combines cashews, fried fava beans, snappy dried green peas, and clusters of sticky rice, and, of course, all the nice, savory spices in tom yum soup.
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3 weeks ago | 
sporked.com | Vinz Karl
Credit: Liv Averett / Trader Joe's It’s a very interesting time for Trader Joe’s to drop celebration cake pretzels. Have you seen what’s going on around us, TJ’s? Not really an environment that creates a celebratory mood. Maybe it’s more of a wishful thinking kinda vibe. Or maybe Joe is just hoping that these pretzels are the thing you’ll be celebrating.
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1 month ago | 
sporked.com | Justine Sterling |Makenna Stark |Ariana Losch |Vinz Karl
For having such a complex flavor, fish sauce is shockingly simple. It’s essentially just the liquid that results from fermenting salted fish. But fish sauce truly is more than the sum of its parts. It has a wildly complex flavor that varies from brand to brand. And it’s essential for so many recipes (particularly Southeast Asian recipes). Seriously, there really is no such thing as a fish sauce replacement. Related: What Is Fish Sauce? An ExplainerBut what’s the best fish sauce?
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1 month ago | 
sporked.com | Ariana Losch |Vinz Karl |Matt Crowley |Jessica Block
Credit: Liv Averett / Instacart / Target / Walmart The best International Delight coffee creamer flavors bring something special to your coffee—whether that’s a boldly sweet, dessert-adjacent flavor or just a smooth, creamy sip. In one of the worst caffeine crazes of my life, I sat down with my colleague Jordan Myrick to taste test over a dozen ID flavors and rank them appropriately.
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1 month ago | 
sporked.com | Tyler Bowers |Justine Sterling |Vinz Karl |Naajia Shukri
Credit: Liv Averett / Lays I can’t say enough just how much Frito-Lay (maker of Lay’s, Doritos, and almost every other snack you love in the chip aisle) is doing this year. Every time I think we’ve covered it all there are more and more surprises. This time, Frito-Lay is gracing us with the return of the fan favorite promotion “Do Us a Flavor.” That means even more wild, new Lay’s flavors to snag.
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1 month ago | 
sporked.com | Jordan Myrick |Vinz Karl |Hebba Gouda
Credit: Liv Averett March Madness is down to the Final Four and, more importantly, so is the Sporked Regional ChampionCHIP! We tabulated almost 1,400 votes (JK, Google did the tabulating) and four regions are still in the running to be declared THE chip capital of the U.S. Our apologies to Team West Coast, Team Northwest, Team Northeast, and Team Mountain—we hardly knew ye! Here’s where the contest lies: TEAM MID-ATLANTIC vs. TEAM SOUTHEAST and SOUTHWEST & TEXAS vs. MIDWEST ICYMI, these are...
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1 month ago | 
sporked.com | Vinz Karl |Gwynedd Stuart |Joe Rumrill
Credit: Liv Averett / Trader Joe's Chocolate is the greatest thing to ever happen to coffee. Coffee on its own? Strong, bitter, serious in nature. Coffee with chocolate? Sweet, amusing, pleasurable. Basically, chocolate milk for grown-ups. It’s been enough to turn even the staunchest of coffee hater (me) into a borderline fan (i.e. not afraid to get it when I’m trying to avoid a nap).
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2 months ago | 
sporked.com | Ariana Losch |Gwynedd Stuart |Vinz Karl
Credit: Liv Averett / Dollar General I recently walked into a Dollar General for the first time… ever. Yes, it’s true; I’ve been a Dollar General virgin my whole life. No, it’s not because I don’t shop at dollar stores—I’m a frequent patron at my local Dollar Tree.
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2 months ago | 
sporked.com | Vinz Karl |Danny Palumbo |Jordan Myrick |Justine Sterling
Credit: Liv Averett / Walmart Trader Joe’s has finally answered the age old question: How do I fit a watermelon into my pocket? Better yet: How do I fit a watermelon into my pocked without ending up with wet, sticky pants? You gotta dehydrate those slices so your pockets aren’t susceptible to leakage!New Trader Joe’s Crispy Dried Watermelon is very much in TJ’s wheelhouse.
