In Korea, sweet potatoes are more than just root vegetables — they’re a celebrated food staple and vessel of the country’s culture and kinship. Whether you’re using it in soups, snacks, or desserts, or simply eating it steamed and plain, there are many ways to enjoy this comforting tuber. When I lived in Korea for the second time, as an adoptee returned to teach English for four years, one of my favorite ways to enjoy the Korean sweet potato, or goguma, was in latte form. This beverage consists of only three ingredients: Korean sweet potato, milk, and sugar — not an ounce of caffeine in sight — but it’s delightful. After moving back to the United States, my nostalgia for Korea brought me all around New York in search of the goguma latte of my memories. At the time, I was never able to find it. So I decided to make it myself. And while the drink has popped up, rather unreliably, at a handful of cafes since then, I continue to make it myself, because it’s the process that I love. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/recipe-sweet-potato-latte-recipes-from-the-kitchn/
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Chances are, you spend more time with your coworkers than the family you live with. (Thanks, corporate American culture and your never-ending deadlines!) Luckily, you probably have a work wife who helps you enjoy all those hours at the office. Maybe this person is on your team and she’s the one you go to when you need to bounce ideas off someone? Or maybe she just sits near the pantry and you’re constantly chatting her up while you wait for your coffee to brew? If we know you, you’ve got your person. Show her how much you appreciate her (and that you think she’s doing a great job!) with a thoughtful little gift box. Fill it with goodies and leave it on her desk next to all those scary-looking memos. She’ll be delighted to find something on her desk that doesn’t require a follow-up PowerPoint presentation. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/spread-some-love-to-a-coworker-with-a-cool-office-box-make-more-good/ The more connected we become, the harder it is to find space for consistent cooking. Everyday life means being constantly connected to tons of things and people simultaneously through texts, emails, Tweets, and Facebook and Instagram posts. The same goes with food. It’s far easier to rely on takeout — especially when there’s an easy app that can deliver meals to your door with a click of a button. The thing is, cooking does take an amount of pre-meditation. To want to cook is to want to plan. Cooking means taking yourself away from instant satisfaction and immersing yourself in sounds and smells, which can be nourishing in ways that takeout isn’t. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/how-to-create-space-in-your-life-for-consistent-cooking-meal-planning-for-beginners/ window.ATGalleries = window.ATGalleries || {}; I fell in love with the idea of chai through the cartons of this drink mix from the grocery store. The milky sweetness partnered with the astringent black tea drew me in, but the warm spices that lingered between sips kept me drinking. It wasn’t long before the sweetness of those chai drink mixes became too much for me and I started experimenting with chai lattes at home. This chai latte gives you complete control over your chai latte experience, from the tea and the spices, to the sweetener and type of milk. The result is a creamy cup of black tea subtly spiced and fragrant with cinnamon, black pepper, and ginger, and just the right amount of sweetness, so near perfect that you’ll skip the coffee shop chai (or the carton) and come home to make a pot of this at tea time. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/how-to-make-a-chai-latte-cooking-lessons-from-the-kitchn/ How Not to Be a Jerk When Sampling Free Food at the Grocery Store Kitchn Goes Grocery Shopping3/29/2017 You know the drill. It’s 5:45 p.m. and you’ve had a long day at work. You stop at the grocery store to pick up some essentials (yes, ice cream on a Monday is essential) and hope you can make it home before your hangriness takes over. Then, you see it: a beautiful plastic dome atop the cheese counter offering a taste of grass-fed ricotta with a dollop of fig jam. You take one sample, but are dying for another. Should you go for it? And actually, you want to try some blue cheese, but it’s not on sample. Also, why is that person coming up and — yikes, did he just wipe his nose with his sleeve and then reach in with his hands to take a sample? How many germs did you just consume? It can be exhausting and gross, but Rachel Hewlett, who works for Whole Foods’ supplier demo program for the global grocery team, is here to share how best to navigate the free food at the grocery store. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/how-not-to-be-a-jerk-when-sampling-free-food-at-the-grocery-store-kitchn-goes-grocery-shopping/ You probably (hopefully!) don’t buy new kitchen appliances all that often, so when it’s actually time to take the plunge — on an appliance of any size — it can be overwhelming. Maybe you’ve never even bought so much as a toaster and you have no idea where to start? Or you bought a new fridge once, back in 1985, when you were basically lucky to get a box with a door. These purchases can be expensive and you never want to make a costly mistake, ordering something you hate using. Luckily for you, we’ve spent most of the month posting tons of stories all about buying new appliances — large or small. Here’s all of that helpful advice in one place. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/our-best-advice-for-buying-new-kitchen-appliances-the-smart-appliance-shopper/ The Scary Reason Why Nearly 1 Million Pounds of Chicken Nuggets Have Been Recalled Food News3/29/2017 Chicken-nugget aficionados and chicken-finger enthusiasts be warned — nearly one million pounds of chicken from an Oklahoma-based manufacturer may be contaminated with “extraneous materials.” What kind, you ask? The kind nobody wants in their body: metal. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), Ok Food Inc. has issued a recall of their chicken products. After five customers reported finding metal objects in their food, an investigation took place to reveal the metal pieces came from the belting of a metal conveyer. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/the-scary-reason-why-nearly-1-million-pounds-of-chicken-nuggets-have-been-recalled-food-news/ Every day I work on cookbooks — those stunningly gorgeous, so-delicious-it-hurts cookbooks we all love. But all of the pretty, all of the time can be, well, too much. So when my eyes can’t stand another perfectly styled and crisp food photo, I know it’s time to retreat to my vintage cookbook shelf. We all have those old cookbooks that just mean the world to us, don’t we? We hold onto them our whole lives because the feeling they give us is completely irreplaceable. A vintage cookbook is a doorway to a different time in food life, when people did things in a way that we can’t remember anymore. These long-ago authors remind us of forgotten techniques and lost flavor combinations, and they lead us to those unexpected little discoveries we only have when we have a wiser friend with us in the kitchen. So I’d love to introduce you to one of my favorite old friends: Unplugged Kitchen by Viana La Place. Viana published nine cookbooks in the dozen or so years after 1987, and her recipes have an enduring cult following. I know I’m not the only literary agent or editor with a few Viana gems tucked permanently in her back pocket. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/recipe-one-pot-rich-lemon-rice-quick-and-easy-weeknight-dinner-recipes-from-the-kitchn/ From Apartment Therapy → Savings Stretchers: 8 Times Inexpensive Materials Looked Really Great in the Kitchen via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/8-inexpensive-materials-that-look-great-in-the-kitchen-apartment-therapy/ If you tend to open your kitchen cabinets with a sense of trepidation because you’re never sure what’s going to fall out on your head or feet, it’s time for an intervention. Don’t feel too bad: Kitchen cabinets can quickly turn into a messy black hole — a place where things go in and never seem to come out, unless they’re avalanching. What can you do? Invest in some cabinet organizers. We’ve rounded up 10 of them that will make your kitchen (and your life) run more smoothly. via WordPress https://jonathanwilhoite.wordpress.com/2017/03/29/10-fun-finds-to-get-your-cabinets-more-organized-organizing-tips-from-kitchn/ |
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