{"id":45502,"date":"2026-01-28T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-01-28T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/?p=45502"},"modified":"2026-01-21T16:37:36","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T23:37:36","slug":"whats-in-my-now-jayme-boucher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/whats-in-my-now-jayme-boucher\/","title":{"rendered":"What&#8217;s in my NOW? \u2014 Jayme Boucher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Outside of Jayme\u2019s day job (product marketing), she loves cooking, reading, and screaming at Premier League broadcasts. She\u2019s an amateur photographer and birder who volunteers for&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.birdability.org\/\">Birdability<\/a><\/strong>, which helps ensure that nature and the outdoors are accessible for people with disabilities and health challenges.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/jayme-1024x576.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-45503\" width=\"671\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/jayme-1024x576.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/jayme-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/jayme-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/files\/2026\/01\/jayme.jpg 1100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 671px) 100vw, 671px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>PHYSICAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.penzeys.com\/\">Penzy\u2019s Spices<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;are one of my go-to gifts. I love encouraging my people to feel more comfortable in the kitchen, and these are an easy way to uplift even simple foods. Sunny Paris and Fines Herbes are my to-go (salt-free!) choices for eggs, and the Vietnamese Cinnamon blows grocery store options out of the water.<\/li><li>I bought this wave study<a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethmossgalleries.com\/artists\/87-jean-wiecha\/works\">&nbsp;<\/a>from an artist named&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.elizabethmossgalleries.com\/artists\/87-jean-wiecha\/works\">Jean Wichea<\/a><\/strong>, whose work I found at a gallery in Maine. It looks eerily similar to my favorite cliffside spot, and I find myself staring at it a few times a day, since it pulls me out of my anxieties and helps me reset.<\/li><li>I\u2019ve been slowly replacing all of my lower-quality pots and pans over the last couple of years, and I saved up for&nbsp;<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lecreuset.com\/braiser\/21180US.html\">this braiser<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;after seeing someone else cook with one and instantly coveting it. Although I probably could have gotten away with a similar, cheaper model with a glass lid, I don\u2019t have any regrets. It cooks really evenly, and the bright yellow makes a big, happy focal point in the middle of the kitchen.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>DIGITAL<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dungeonscrawl.com\/\">Dungeon Scrawl<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is an awesome tool for building fantasy maps, perfect for D&amp;D and other tabletop RPGs. You don\u2019t even need to make an account to use it (unless you decide you want the premium features). Design a Dungeon next time you get bored in a Zoom meeting!<\/li><li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nifmuhammad\/\">Hanif Abdurraqib<\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;is one of my favorite authors and poets, and overlaps just enough of my friend group and special interests that I sometimes find myself thinking, \u201coh yeah, we\u2019d be pals\u201d before feeling creeped out at myself for skirting a parasocial hypothetical. His posts are always interesting, whether deep-diving into a song or album, basketball lore, or life in general. They\u2019re a welcome addition to an increasingly fraught social landscape.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4><strong>INVISIBLE<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\"><p>\u201cNow will never come again.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>One of my best friends recently shared this quote with me (shoutout to the nerds that know the source), and it\u2019s influenced my decision-making dozens of times since. Sometimes, we need a reminder of the obvious.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>issue #239<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13684,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0},"categories":[2303],"tags":[1553],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45502"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13684"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45502"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45502\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45504,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45502\/revisions\/45504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kk.org\/cooltools\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}