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This month, How to Eat is rustling up that king of leftovers soup, a not-quite-ribollita. But does it need cheese? Will adding Mexican rice cause an international incident? And is chianti the classic pairing?
How to Eat (HTE) is wary of hailing any unintended benefits of lockdown. It feels glib. An insult to those suffering during this crisis and an insult to your intelligence. No one truly knows how Covid-19 will change our behaviour. It is still happening.
But if waste-minimal cooking was a growing in popularity before this pandemic, the financial trauma it is triggering will undoubtedly focus minds on cost-effective management of the food we buy. This is the age of Tom Hunt, modular meal-planning and, if possible, squirrelling away pennies saved. Continue reading...