All the TJs in my area have awful parking, but all for different reasons. One is in Box Store Hell, another has a lot the size of a postage stamp it shares with three other stores, and the other one has a lot that does not conform with Euclidean geometry.

The thing I'm really starting to loathe about TJs (and several other grocery stores in the area) are those goddamn "Shopper in Training" carts for kids to push around. I get that they're fun for the kids, but they're not fun for those who are around kids who aren't looking where the hell they're going.

Now that I can walk normally, getting back into exercizing is on the menu.

Costco has plenty of parking but people with shopping carts vs. people circling for spots = a battle of epic proportions.

If Dante were writing today, I feel certain that one of the circles of Hell would have been a Costco parking lot. On the weekend before Thanksgiving.

Let me introduce you to my new crack: roasted cauliflower!

Salt, pepper, cumin, EVOO, in the oven at 400 until soft with crispy brown edges. Mix together 1/2 cup tahini, juice of 1 lemon, 2 garlic cloves, water to thin. Dip cauliflower in tahini sauce. Cry because you are now all out of cauliflower.

My mother just told me that kale is out and cauliflower is in.

I don't like raw cauliflower, but it's tasty in a curry, so I'll probably like it roasted. I'm putting that on my shopping list for when I'm back from NYC.

I go to the pikesville TJ's.

My favorite way to roast cauliflower is to cut it up into florets, toss with olive oil and a couple of tablespoons of capers. So easy and tasty!

My mother just told me that kale is out and cauliflower is in.

Your mother is so trendy.

healthy vegetables and making them taste good.

This is my problem. I would eat more veggies if I knew how to make them taste good. Hence broccoli with cheese on top, about which I have zero shame. And massive amounts of spinach in a smoothie. And roasted brussels sprouts, which shouldn't be as good as they are, so I suspect dark magic at work.

Beyond that, I'm kind of limited to bagged salad. Is there a how-to-make-veggies-not-taste-like-ass cookbook?

By "ass" do you mean bitter, Steph? Are you a super taster?

By "ass" do you mean bitter, Steph? Are you a super taster?

Does supertasting (yes, it just became a word) cover sweet, salty, sour, and umami as well as bitter? Because I pretty much only have a problem with bitter food/beverages. The other flavors don't overwhelm me. (Well, I am a spicy food wimp -- is that a supertasting thing, too?)

But I cannot abide bitter stuff -- hoppy beer, black coffee, greens without something to cut the bitterness, dark chocolate. I assume that roasting the brussels sprouts is what reduces the bitterness, because that shit is GOOD.

I think not liking bitter foods is a super taster thing. Roasting definitely reduces the bitterness of any vegetable. Have you tried roasting broccoli? Or carrots, which are already sweet but are even sweeter and nutty roasted.