Please stop boiling potatoes in water! When my grandmother found out I was boiling them in water to make mashed potatoes, she laughed in my face. She revealed the secret ingredient to making the best mashed potatoes in the world. Use this ingredient instead: I’ll leave you the recipe below. Full recipe:

It starts with intention. It starts even before the first peel slips away from the potato. You choose the potatoes thoughtfully, noticing their weight in your hand, the slight earthiness clinging to their skins. There is something grounding about that first moment, as if the meal has already begun, long before heat touches the stove….

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