cinnamon

Hospitalization. Asphyxiation that can lead to death. These are the potential consequences of voluntarily eating some common and often popular foods. With these possible side effects widely documented, what is it exactly that causes people to not only include these foods in their diets but to go out of their ways to find them? Let’s take a look.

Or just try to eat it from a spoon and end up on YouTube, whichever. We're going to use it the way nature intended: to spice up warming winter recipes sweet, savory and boozy. Something about cold weather just begs for a spicy, earthy hit of cinnamon, so here are our 13 favorite recipes starring everyone's favorite seasoning made from tree bark. 

Since I can't drink beer in the morning without getting the stink eye from my neighbors, I just throw it into my cinnamon rolls, thanks to this recipe from Jess DiBona, pastry chef at San Diego bourbon baron Barleymash. You can use any pumpkin beer you'd like, but it's wise to choose from this list of the best pumpkin brews to try right now.