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As Paris is about to fall under heavy confinement, let me share with you a few cooking tips for these strange times:
As Paris is about to fall under heavy confinement, let me share with you a few cooking tips for these strange times:
- It's all good and well to buy humongous quantities of pasta, but please cook them correctly! Plenty of water (at least 1 L for 100 g of pasta, more for spaghetti or linguine which require more space), and salt your water!
- Barley is a delicious alternative to rice or pasta. Gently brown a minced onion in olive oil, add ~200g of barley (rinsed beforehand), pour ~1L of vegetable/chicken stock (of course the cubed version is acceptable), add diced carrots and zucchini, let simmer, season to your taste. And for those who watch food miles: barley is as local as can be!
- Chickpeas and fava beans will outlast everything else on Earth. They will still be there, ready to soak and cook, when your cupboard is eaten to dirt by termites. And they're dirt cheap, too
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