What s in your pandemic pantry? These staples turn home cooking into cuisine Today s pantries go way beyond the basics of just a few years ago.
By Bill Ward Special to the Star Tribune February 3, 2021 9:35am Text size Copy shortlink:
Molly Broder remembers it like it was yesterday.
When she and her husband, Tom, opened Broder s Cucina Italiana in 1982, no one in Minnesota had even heard of balsamic vinegar, she said. Olive oil was almost impossible to find. Grocery stores only carried a tiny pyramid-shaped bottle called Pompeii, enough for one rarely cooked recipe.
What a difference a generation makes. Actually, in kitchen terms, countless generations have transpired in just a few deca