Month: September 2020

From slow cookers to quick shortcuts, how we’re eating during the pandemic

8 months ago

In normal times, food trends often started in restaurants, with top chefs. Maybe they got written up in food magazines or blogs. After some time, you could find the trending ingredients on grocery store shelves.

These days, the pandemic is determining how and what we eat, from quick shortcuts to slow cookers. There’s lots more home cooking, and many more family meals.

Even when people do eat restaurant food, they’re often looking for familiar dishes, experts say.

In general, “the trend is looking backwards rather than forwards,” says Esmee Williams, who looks at where home cooking is heading for Allrecipes.com, based in Seattle. Recipes from the 1960s and ’70s like chicken Kiev, chicken a la king, cheese fondue and salmon patties have become more popular, she says.

“There’s a lot of disappointment happening in our days, so nobody wants tears at the table. Let’s treat ourselves to something we

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The #1 Cooking Hack That Will Change Your Life

8 months ago

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The 2020 Election May Hinge On The “Climate Change Voter”

It’s time to wake up. On Global Day of Climate Action, VICE Media Group is solely telling stories about our current climate crisis. Click here to meet young climate leaders from around the globe and learn how you can take action. There are, of course, many reasons to vote. But as wildfires engulf the West Coast, heat waves and hurricanes devastate entire regions, and rising sea levels threaten cities like Miami, an increasing number of voters are saying climate change is what’s driving them to cast their ballot — and in some cases, even influencing who they support.“Climate change voters” aren’t yet a reliable voting bloc the way gun-loving NRA voters are for the Republican Party, Alec Tyson of the Pew Research Center told Quartz. But they’re quickly becoming one. In the past few years, more people have started

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‘The Chef Show’ and the Comfort of a Cooking Show’s Tiny Imperfections

8 months ago

There’s something irresistible about an overhead shot of someone preparing food. It’s what’s powered thousands of social-ready clips touting adjective-filled recipe names, prepared by unseen cooks.

That angle, long a staple of food TV, is also found in Season 4 of “The Chef Show,” the Netflix cooking series co-hosted by acclaimed Los Angeles food fixture Roy Choi and writer/director Jon Favreau. Instead of building the show on artifice and impeccable presentation, Favreau and Choi continue to usher the viewer through a breezy set of kitchen basics, with these latest five episodes centering on the pair’s private setup and the various buzzy L.A. food venues.

It helps that these episodes don’t engage in any lengthy preambles about the chef in the spotlight. Over the previous three seasons, “The Chef Show” — with Choi’s imprimatur — has already built a reputation that whatever dish is on display is worth

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The 12 Best Cooking Channels on YouTube for Beginners, Pros and Everyone in Between

8 months ago

Of the endless food influencers and cooking videos that have graced our feeds over the years, there are only a handful that continually (1) teach us something, (2) make us feel good and (3) inspire us to get our hands dirty and actually cook (even on a Monday night). In fact, they’re too good not to share with you. Presenting the 12 best cooking channels on YouTube, no matter your skill level.

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If you use TikTok, odds are this vegan cook has graced your feed with her creative plant-based recipes, humor and positive vibes. She makes vegan food look and sound appetizing—even to meat-eating skeptics. Some of our favorite recipes are her “hot dogs” with pecan chili, chocolate-banana cinnamon toast and her mind-blowing carrot bacon tutorial (seriously, you need to watch it). But

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