About Dr. Gourmet

My name is Timothy Harlan and I am both a physician and a chef. This blog is a general collection of information and random ideas on eating great food and eating healthy.

You can find out more at the Dr. Gourmet web site. Eat well, eat healthy, enjoy life!

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A Taste of Thai in a Box? : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

For the longest time the company A Taste of Thai were one of the few to bring exotic Asian products into the country for wide distribution. Back in the 1990s it was difficult to find even basic ingredients, and I can remember going to more [...]

Lean Cuisine's New Veggie Cuisine

It’s always nice to find something new and interesting to review. Recently I was in Walmart and spotted an entirely new line from Lean Cuisine. They call it “Veggie Cuisine” and it contains a proprietary meat substitute they call “Gardein™,” which is faux chicken (”chick’n”) they say [...]

Tambobamba Mojo Bowls : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

As you know, we are always on the lookout for something new in the convenience food area to review. It can be a bit of a drudge at times because there is so much awful food out there. Most of the time I am in [...]

Caesar's Pasta Specialties : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

Stuffed Shells with Marinara Sauce
and Manicotti with Marinara Sauce

I have a friend with Celiac disease and he’s one of the reasons we here at Dr. Gourmet started our section for those who need to eat gluten-free. We were having dinner together not too long ago, [...]

Healthy Choice Steaming Entrees : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

Healthy Choice products have been getting steadily better in the last year or so. Their Select Entrees and Steaming Entrees have done well in our reviews, so when I picked up today’s selections I was fairly confident that we’d have another couple of positive reviews [...]

Sol Cuisine Vegetarian Burgers : Dr. Gourmet Reviews

We’ve avoided reviewing veggie burgers for a long time, mostly because for years, vegetarian meat replacements have relied heavily on salt and fat to give them flavor. What’s (almost) worse, they just didn’t taste very good.

PJ's Organics Traditional Chicken Burrito and Kashi Spicy Black Bean Enchilada

Kashi has a really good track record here at Dr. Gourmet, so I was particularly pleased to spot a new variety in the freezer case. We do try to review two varieties from the same company in our weekly reviews, but to my disappointment this [...]

Dr. Gourmet's Food Reviews: September 23, 2011

Healthy Choice has had a pretty good track record with us recently. It used to be that our weekly reviews were approached with a great deal of trepidation, and we regularly cited our tag line: “We eat it, so you don’t have to.”

Dr. Gourmet's Food Reviews: September 16, 2011

We’ve reviewed chicken nuggets a few times, and looking back over the reviews I can’t find any that we thought were worth eating. While I am not a fan of convenience foods, I do realize that people are going to eat them, but it seems [...]

Dr. Gourmet's Food Reviews: September 9, 2011

Whole Foods 365 Everyday Value
Roasted Vegetable Pizzas with Rice or Whole Wheat Crust

After almost ten years of food reviews, it’s especially nice to spot something new. This week I was in Whole Foods, and although generally speaking it seems that we’ve reviewed just about everything [...]