foodie Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Sun, 15 May 2022 10:29:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Alison Roman Will Inspire You to Cook, If Nothing Else https://playjunkie.com/alison-roman-will-inspire-you-to-cook-if-nothing-else/ Mon, 16 May 2022 15:36:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=37967 Known as the ultimate millennial food maven, celebrity cook Alison Roman will inspire you to roll up your sleeves and get cooking. Originally from Los Angeles, and currently based in Brooklyn, Roman is the author of the cookbooks Dining In and Nothing Fancy, and is also a bi-weekly columnist for The New York Times. In other words: she’s kind of […]

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]]> Known as the ultimate millennial food maven, celebrity cook Alison Roman will inspire you to roll up your sleeves and get cooking. Originally from Los Angeles, and currently based in Brooklyn, Roman is the author of the cookbooks Dining In and Nothing Fancy, and is also a bi-weekly columnist for The New York Times. In other words: she’s kind of a big deal.

But if you ask Roman, she’s just a person writing recipes that people like. “I’m not trying to corner a market,” she relayed in an interview with the New Consumer. “I’m not trying to appeal to millennials, which by the way, could be a 40-year-old at this point.”

“There’s other people in my industry that would never get that label that,” she reflected, “quite frankly, have never achieved the level of popularity, and I’m wondering why. It’s just interesting to me.” Her rise to popularity is in part thanks to her viral recipes (look up #TheStew and #TheCookies), and in part due to her unapologetic approach to cooking (look up that beef with Chrissy Teigen).

She also has a newsletter you’d actually want to sign up for, with recent recipes including sticky apple cake and chicken salad. But according to Roman, her success came about fairly intuitively, with no real business model to follow. “I have no strategy,” she admitted. “That’s something you should know about me. I’m like an animal. [Laughs.] I operate on instinct — yes or no. I say no a lot. And I say yes to not as much, especially these days.”

Follow her on Instagram for some behind-the-scenes footage from her kitchen.

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]]> Jam and Cocktail Hour: Signe Johansen Will Teach You How to Hygge https://playjunkie.com/jam-and-cocktail-hour-signe-johansen-will-teach-you-how-to-hygge/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:04:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=37954 When it comes to cooking, Norwegian cook and author, Signe Johansen, adheres to the notion that everything tastes better with butter. “It is generally my fat of choice when cooking,” she remarked once in an interview with The Guardian. “I make my own, but I also usually buy some too – both salted and unsalted. […]

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]]> When it comes to cooking, Norwegian cook and author, Signe Johansen, adheres to the notion that everything tastes better with butter. “It is generally my fat of choice when cooking,” she remarked once in an interview with The Guardian. “I make my own, but I also usually buy some too – both salted and unsalted. I go through so much of it.”

Johansen puts her money where her mouth is, with recent posts on Instagram including a mouthwatering photo of maple, toasted pecan, and sour cream muffins, as well as a recipe for the ultimate cinnamon bun.

The author of six food and drink books, Johansen has written for publications like The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Stella, and Marie Claire, exploring Nordic cuisine and beyond. She’s also the co-founder of “Spirited Women”, encouraging women to try whiskey and other spirits (with an accompanying book titled “Spirited” where you can find fifty cocktail recipes).

Another recommended book is “How to Hygge”, where Johansen outlines the Nordic way of living. “When I’m invited to dinner I always take some Nordic homemade jam – plum or wild blueberry,” she shared. “I make a very punchy tart jam, not overly sweet, with a lot of flavour. People always love homemade jam.”

If you’re a fan of Nordic minimalism, buttery desserts, and cocktail hours, you might have just hit the jackpot.

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]]> ersion="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?> foodie Archives - PlayJunkie PlayJunkie Sun, 15 May 2022 10:29:08 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.2 Alison Roman Will Inspire You to Cook, If Nothing Else https://playjunkie.com/alison-roman-will-inspire-you-to-cook-if-nothing-else/ Mon, 16 May 2022 15:36:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=37967 Known as the ultimate millennial food maven, celebrity cook Alison Roman will inspire you to roll up your sleeves and get cooking. Originally from Los Angeles, and currently based in Brooklyn, Roman is the author of the cookbooks Dining In and Nothing Fancy, and is also a bi-weekly columnist for The New York Times. In other words: she’s kind of […]

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]]> Known as the ultimate millennial food maven, celebrity cook Alison Roman will inspire you to roll up your sleeves and get cooking. Originally from Los Angeles, and currently based in Brooklyn, Roman is the author of the cookbooks Dining In and Nothing Fancy, and is also a bi-weekly columnist for The New York Times. In other words: she’s kind of a big deal.

But if you ask Roman, she’s just a person writing recipes that people like. “I’m not trying to corner a market,” she relayed in an interview with the New Consumer. “I’m not trying to appeal to millennials, which by the way, could be a 40-year-old at this point.”

“There’s other people in my industry that would never get that label that,” she reflected, “quite frankly, have never achieved the level of popularity, and I’m wondering why. It’s just interesting to me.” Her rise to popularity is in part thanks to her viral recipes (look up #TheStew and #TheCookies), and in part due to her unapologetic approach to cooking (look up that beef with Chrissy Teigen).

She also has a newsletter you’d actually want to sign up for, with recent recipes including sticky apple cake and chicken salad. But according to Roman, her success came about fairly intuitively, with no real business model to follow. “I have no strategy,” she admitted. “That’s something you should know about me. I’m like an animal. [Laughs.] I operate on instinct — yes or no. I say no a lot. And I say yes to not as much, especially these days.”

Follow her on Instagram for some behind-the-scenes footage from her kitchen.

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]]> Jam and Cocktail Hour: Signe Johansen Will Teach You How to Hygge https://playjunkie.com/jam-and-cocktail-hour-signe-johansen-will-teach-you-how-to-hygge/ Mon, 09 Nov 2020 14:04:00 +0000 https://playjunkie.com/?p=37954 When it comes to cooking, Norwegian cook and author, Signe Johansen, adheres to the notion that everything tastes better with butter. “It is generally my fat of choice when cooking,” she remarked once in an interview with The Guardian. “I make my own, but I also usually buy some too – both salted and unsalted. […]

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]]> When it comes to cooking, Norwegian cook and author, Signe Johansen, adheres to the notion that everything tastes better with butter. “It is generally my fat of choice when cooking,” she remarked once in an interview with The Guardian. “I make my own, but I also usually buy some too – both salted and unsalted. I go through so much of it.”

Johansen puts her money where her mouth is, with recent posts on Instagram including a mouthwatering photo of maple, toasted pecan, and sour cream muffins, as well as a recipe for the ultimate cinnamon bun.

The author of six food and drink books, Johansen has written for publications like The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Stella, and Marie Claire, exploring Nordic cuisine and beyond. She’s also the co-founder of “Spirited Women”, encouraging women to try whiskey and other spirits (with an accompanying book titled “Spirited” where you can find fifty cocktail recipes).

Another recommended book is “How to Hygge”, where Johansen outlines the Nordic way of living. “When I’m invited to dinner I always take some Nordic homemade jam – plum or wild blueberry,” she shared. “I make a very punchy tart jam, not overly sweet, with a lot of flavour. People always love homemade jam.”

If you’re a fan of Nordic minimalism, buttery desserts, and cocktail hours, you might have just hit the jackpot.

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