Need Help Cooking Through The Coronavirus Pandemic? Chef Amanda Freitag Has Tips
Many quarantined Americans are cooking like crazy — but what if you're clueless in the kitchen? Chef Amanda Freitag has some tips on pantry stocking, alternative spicing and ingredient substitutions.
Coronavirus home cooking is now a part of American life.
Many restaurants across the U.S. are empty. Grocery store shelves are often bare. And in recent days, amateur cooks have posted about their improvised, less-than-delectable quarantine dinners — dishes including hot dogs with strawberry jam, fish fingers and custard and, as one Twitter user confessed, microwaved cheese on a plate, with barbecue sauce.
But in case you're clueless in the kitchen during this era of coronavirus, chef and Food Network star Amanda Freitag has shared some ideas with NPR.
What are some pantry staples?
Freitag recommends starting by keeping "dried things and canned things" in stock—and lots of different shapes of pasta.
