Kate from Cookie and Kate shares a creamy, cinnamon-infused Latin American drink that you can make from what's in your pantry.

We're sitting down with our favorite writers and cooks to talk about their upcoming cookbooks, their best food memories, and just about anything else.

Today: We sit down with Hiroko Shimbo, the ever-enthusiastic author of Hiroko's American Kitchen, who is making accessible, exciting Japanese food a reality in our country -- one kitchen at a time.