Joining the Trader Joe's mecca

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This past Saturday, Steph from KitchenKM organized a little adult road trip south to Sarasota to shop in the newly open Trader Joe’s.

For the record – I’m giving the evil eye to the team at TJ that choose Sarasota over Tampa location (I will get over it, eventually, but now I’m a sour puss).

If you have a Trader Joe’s near you, you already know what the fuss is all about.  If you don’t, and you think people are just making a big deal out of a grocery store.

Pfffff… you bet we are.

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Pastéis de Nata [Portuguese Custard Tarts]

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This is of those recipes that I pull from my memory bank.  During a business trip to Brasil a gazillion years ago, I came across these little morsels.  During my stay there and after many glorious trips to local restaurants my host discover my great love affair with pastries and he insisted in stopping in a pastry shop for me to sample some of the local goodies.

When I saw these in the counter, and asked what they were made of, and once the baker told me in broken Spanish, it took me less than a minute to have one in my hand for me to take a bite.  And once I did, I installing fell in love with this little egg tart.

These sweet mini pastries have travel a long way from it’s original home.

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