You’re in social isolation and opportunities for shopping might be limited. But you have a well-stocked store-cupboard and freezer and it’s still possible to get most food if you look in the right places.
Those ready-cooked pouches of rice are a godsend. I always have a few in my cupboard, ready to microwave in two minutes when time or energy are short. I’ve been slow to realise that they also make a great improvised risotto and the more they are at the cheapie...
Orzo is a bit of a well kept secret: it’s that pasta that looks just like rice when it’s cooked. It’s far less temperamental than rice but absorbs flavours just as gracefully. You can treat it like any other pasta by boiling it in the conventional way, or in a soup or...
English asparagus is in the shops for its brief, glorious six week season. And when there’s asparagus, the heart turns to risotto. Aha! Trouble is, for all that the professional chefs talk soothingly about how easy it is to make, nothing is truly difficult for a fully...