15 fun foodie-approved items to make staying in spicy

CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 28: Cocktails are poured into cocktail glasses in a UK bar on October 28, 2016 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. A new law setting a minimum alcohol price came into force on March 2 under Welsh Government plans. Retailers and bars have to charge a minimum of 50p per unit, meaning a can of cider could cost at least £1 and a bottle of wine £4.69. A similar system in Scotland has seen alcohol sales fall to the lowest levels since records began. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images)
CARDIFF, UNITED KINGDOM - OCTOBER 28: Cocktails are poured into cocktail glasses in a UK bar on October 28, 2016 in Cardiff, United Kingdom. A new law setting a minimum alcohol price came into force on March 2 under Welsh Government plans. Retailers and bars have to charge a minimum of 50p per unit, meaning a can of cider could cost at least £1 and a bottle of wine £4.69. A similar system in Scotland has seen alcohol sales fall to the lowest levels since records began. (Photo by Matthew Horwood/Getty Images) /
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Well Told, photo courtesy Simon & Schuster
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Book: Katherine Alford & Kathy Gunst’s Rage Baking

These days, baking can be an outlet for expressing our feelings about the current state of our society. Rage Baking speaks to both skilled and beginner bakers who are looking for new ways to use their sweetest skills to combine food and activism. Altogether, Rage Baking offers more than 50 cookie, cake, tart, and pie recipes as well as inspirational essays, reflections, and interviews with well-known bakers and impassioned women and activists.

Participants within Alford and Gunst’s book include Dorie Greenspan, Ruth Reichl, Carla Hall, Preeti Mistry, Julia Turshen, Pati Jinich, Vallery Lomas, Von Diaz, and Genevieve Ko.

Book: Doug Evans’ The Sprout Book

The Sprout Book is intended to serve as a transformative plan to empower readers to embark on a plant-based way of eating that’s both low-cost and accessible. With a foreword by Joel Fuhrman, M.D., this book introduces sprouts — one of the most nutritious sustainable foods on earth — by adding a few dishes to a diet and then shifting into a raw, whole foods plant-based diet.

The 40 recipes included feature sprouts on top of raw vegetables, fruits, nuts, seeds, spices, sea vegetables, and top-quality cold-pressed vegetable oils for the healthiest diet possible. The Sprout Book also includes informative interviews with leaders in functional medicine and nutrition. In turn, expect to be able to use the book to change your diet and super-charge your health.

Sonoma-Cutrer’s V’18 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Woodford Reserve Barrel Finish

The Sonoma-Cutrer Winemakers Release is a series of limited-production wines offered annually and consisting of unique expressions that showcase the craftsmanship and innovation. As a classic Russian River Pinot Noir, this wine expresses aromas and flavors of lush red and black berry fruit.

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As you swirl the wine in your glass, you will open up scents of vanilla, baking spices, brown sugar and maple from the Woodford Reserve barrels mingling with licorice, dark chocolate, black tea with just a hint of earth. Sonoma-Cutrer’s V’18 Russian River Valley Pinot Noir Woodford Reserve Barrel Finish is available now in select markets and online for a suggested retail price of $49.99.

The Great Brain Cell Sacrifice Wine

The Great Brain Cell Sacrifice was founded by two creative execs at Droga5, one of the most awarded ad agencies in the world, who both have children in the New York City public school system and saw firsthand the shortfalls in funding amid a national literary crisis. They wanted to make it so that every time you open a bottle of wine, you are donating books to kids in America.  So while you might be harming a few brain cells, you are helping to build a brighter future for kids. They partner with non-profit organization Books for Kids to make this happen.

With the current closures of schools across the U.S., getting underprivileged kids access to books is more important than ever. Over 8.5 million American children lack access to the literacy resources they need to learn to read. The Great Brain Cell Sacrifice is a wine that was founded so that every bottle sold helps kids in underfunded communities learn to read.

They are now directing all their donations to provide children with much-needed literary resources while they’re out of school to support them in their journey to literacy. For every six bottles sold, a “home library” of six books will go to the children who need them most — those in isolation who are in homes without books, who now have no access to their schools or libraries, and may not for the rest of the school year.

The Great Brain Cell Sacrifice offers organically-farmed 2018 Pinot Noir, an elegant, textured wine from top Santa Barbara producer Lieu Dit; A pure-flavored, expressive 2018 Chenin Blanc which gives you a sense of chalk, and its 2019 Rosé which is produced from excess juice of the winery’s Pinot Noir. In Los Angeles and New York City, same-day delivery is powered by Ohi, the micro fulfillment platform for e-commerce brands enabling fast, same-day delivery.