Maybe kinpira gobo? Gobo is a.k.a. burdock root. I live near a really good Asian grocery store which carries gobo and I remember seeing this recipe that includes carrots when trying to research ways of preparing it.

https://www.justonecookbook.com/kinpira-gobo-braised-burdock-root/

You’re definitely correct about the response to AI, but I think there is more to it than that, just that AI seems to be the tech that is most talked about. While the left-leaning have been more open to tech in the past, the way, for example, Air BnB causes more harm to the housing market than anticipated, Uber has lost its financial benefit to drivers while still being profitable to the owners, or Amazon wildly mistreating employees to provide their benefits to users has soured the pot for a lot of people. Also, the extent that tech has harmful effects on users, especially young people, or is used as a means of surveillance is well-known, and most new tech from the outside can be seen as falling into either of those categories. There are also numerous examples of companies having security breaches and exposing the data of their users to hackers by skimping on security or not having effective protocols. Not to mention things like ads on televisions and refrigerators, subscription fees for faster acceleration in your car, and Amazon revoking and modifying digital purchases from users, while maybe not being universal experiences, have broadly affected perception of how far these companies will worsen experiences in order to get more money put of users. “If you’re not paying for the product, you are the product” is a saying the majority of people know by now, but even paying doesn’t protect you from becoming the product.

ive cooked from both of these and definitely second them as recommendations. the vegan chinese kitchen is my favorite by far, probably because it had a larger variety of ingredients that were new to me and easily accessed at two high quality asian markets nearby.