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- 12 New Trader Joe’s Products Just in Time for the Holidays
- 21 Useful Gifts That Won’t Add Clutter, Courtesy the Afrominimalist
- When Everything’s Wrong, Only Baked Pasta Feels Right
- How Instagram's Granola King Earned His Name
| 12 New Trader Joe’s Products Just in Time for the Holidays Posted: 02 Dec 2021 01:00 PM PST Nothing feels more like Christmas morning than Trader Joe's releasing new food and drink products to the masses. And while the beloved grocery chain has yet to debut the peppermint and gingerbread flavors we covet into December, there are still a dozen new seasonal drinks, apps, mains, and desserts to celebrate the arrival of the holiday season. Check out Trader Joe's latest offerings below, any of which would be perfect for your next holiday get-together. |
| 21 Useful Gifts That Won’t Add Clutter, Courtesy the Afrominimalist Posted: 02 Dec 2021 12:43 PM PST Having spent the past five years on a journey to live with less, I've become more mindful of what I gift to my family and friends. I always like to challenge myself to be creative, innovative, sustainable, and thoughtful, and it's no different during the holidays. One of my favorite ways to tick all the boxes when it comes to gifting is to ask loved ones how they want to be celebrated instead of buying something that I think they'll enjoy. Even if you're big on the element of surprise, consider asking for a curated list of gifts or experiences that you can use as a guide. Not only will they be curious and anxious about what you chose, but they'll be touched by the thoughtfulness and intention behind it. |
| When Everything’s Wrong, Only Baked Pasta Feels Right Posted: 02 Dec 2021 10:00 AM PST Lasagna, like all baked pastas, is a dish that suggests being warm inside on a cold day. It is the kind of food that numbs pain and softens edges, turning a sharp and bitter world toward small, sense-based pleasures. The blurring effect of heavy carbs on the nervous system is much the same as a blasting radiator. And in a certain kind of cold weather, sometimes it's hard to know if food is actually good, or just warm. Baked pasta is almost always both, but sometimes the temperature matters as much as the taste. That warmth itself, as a key ingredient in baked pasta, points to how these dishes act as a material form of unconditional love. I started making lasagna, mac and cheese, baked ziti, and other variations on the theme about a year ago, during an uncertain fall that chilled into an oppressive winter. I love cheese and pasta and always have, but I hadn't made them myself all that often until 2020. It seemed like these sorts of dishes required an occasion, a big family holiday with a heaving table. Dare I make one in my own home, on any normal day of the year, just because I wanted to show someone I loved them, or feel like I was loved? Just because I wanted the brain-smoothing comfort of a vat of pasta and cheese? I dared. |
| How Instagram's Granola King Earned His Name Posted: 02 Dec 2021 07:53 AM PST Like so many millions of people, Tom Bannister developed a new hobby during the pandemic. But Bannister didn't opt for sourdough baking or weaving. Instead, the advertising executive started experimenting with baking homemade granola for his wife—who happens to be former beauty editor Eva Chen and his "granola muse"—and their three kids. After a few months of experimenting with his recipes and sharing the results on Instagram, he began to receive DMs from followers asking if they could buy his granola. He wasn't anywhere close to selling—nor did he even have intentions of doing so—but he realized there was a huge demand. His social media presence grew and Bannister, who was affectionately known as the "Granola King" among his followers, eventually found a commercial kitchen in Queens that he started renting so he could test his recipes on a larger scale. He mixed and matched dozens of different flavor combinations, with the first success story being "Ginger Zing," which is granola made with ginger-infused Vermont maple syrup and candied ginger. |
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