What we're reading: January 25

What we're reading:

6 Worst Coffee Drinks from ‘Eat this, not that’
(Slashfood) We’re real suckers for “eat this, not that” recommendations, even if we don’t always follow them. This update warns against some of our real downfalls, Dunkin Donuts lattes and Starbucks hot chocolate. Say it ain’t so!

What we’re coveting:

Awesome Cone
This Portland food truck sells hot food inside a waffle cone. This week’s menu includes chicken and dumplings inside of a waffle. It’s enough to make me go to Portland for spring break and dream of the 90s while eating waffles filled with apple pie. There’s also a backstabbing back-story you can listen to here.

What we're cooking:

Quick Caramelized Onions
(Serious Eats) Caramelized onions are delicious and can improve anything from sandwiches to macaroni and cheese. This food lab article reads like a fast-forwarded episode of Good Eats. The 40-minute carmelization process has been sped up to 15 or 20 minutes with the addition of simple ingredients you already have in your kitchen. If you don’t read this article, you are wasting your life away while you continue making 40-minute onions.

Dried Lemon Zest
(Saveur) This trick to preserve lemon zest for later use in pies and salads is perfect for the frugal college student. Also perfect for the university lifestyle is the recommendation to mix the zest with salt to put on the rims of margarita glasses.

Who we're following on Twitter:

Ruth Reichl
If you aren’t already following this former editor-in-chief of Gourmet magazine, you’re really missing out on fantastic 140-character food writing. Today’s description of her breakfast changed my entire outlook on the Syracuse tundra: “Fat white flakes swirling down from the sky. Snowman weather. Magical. Mittens. Cocoa. Sugar-dusted jelly doughnuts.”