and cue "pomp and circumstance"...

Today , the 28th of August, 2006 commemorates Erika Brooks Adickman's graduation from the SCHOOL OF CULINARY ARTS

You have attended a full 60 days of in-store food demonstrations. Congratulations!

On behalf of the staff of Trader Joe's we would like to encourage you to continue on in your culinary journey. Along with our warmest wishes we present to you this "Trader Joe's demo-o-matic" so that you can create your own TJ's inspired meals and snacks, and our signature Hawaiian shirt. It's our way of saying "you're one of the family".


DEMO-O-MATIC
(easy to use just follow the directions below)
Select 1 food from columns A, B, and C

Column A (vegetable)
hearts of palm
broccoli rabe
spinach (fresh)
kelp
Mongolian sugar snap peas
spaghetti squash
Ecuadorian kale
grape tomatoes

Column B (fruit)
Saturn peaches
Hawaiian papaya
gooseberries
finger bananas
lychees
kumquats
Guatemalan seedless grapes (black)
fresh coconut meat

Column C (protein)
Fontana cheese
hard boiled eggs (cage free)
rock shrimp
Say What seitan (thai seasoned)
Totally tempeh crumbles
Angus beef patties
cave aged Gruyere (raw rennetless)
free range chicken cutlets
free range halibut
butter beans
wasabi peas
Tuscan villa 10 bean medley (1 can)

now add in 2 of our fun and festive "tastebud surprisers"
(or more for a more authentic TJ's experience)
chocolate covered espresso beans
jackfruit
Caspian corse sea salt
pomegranate glaze (organic)
Ethiopian Tangine Simmer Sauce
Punjab Saved Annie Spinach Sauce
dried Dragon Fruit
"Crystal Eyes" crystallized ginger
dried hibiscus flowers
strawberry passion fruit vinaigrette
Popeye and Olive tampande
Crazy Uncle Joe's Creole Seafood Seasonings
sundried potatoes
Holy Mole Sauce

Now mix any which way you please by cooking at least 1 in a pan of olive/truffle/sesame/peanut/canola oil
and serve with your choice of :
blue corn flax seed nachos
Princess Jasmine rice
Pretzel rolls
Berry Mango Tu Tu Tango bran muffins
Mmm semolina
Our Gang buckwheat and farina quick rolls
Krazy bout Kamut pasta