The coronavirus outbreak has rattled our daily lives, and things seem to change minute by minute. But there’s one constant: we have to eat. How do we cook among the chaos? What recipes do we lean on? How can we use cooking to stay calm? That’s what we’re exploring in this series,The Way We’re Cooking Now.
My usual cooking routine is to listen toThe DailyorUp Firstand catch up on the news while I throw dinner together. But the past few days, I’ve found myself leaning more towards tunes that would help meimmerse myselfin the chopping, dicing, and sautéing—and maybe even help me think a little less about everything happening outside of my kitchen.
I’ve noticed other people are feeling similarly: Cookbook author Alison Roman recentlytweetedasking for album suggestions to listen all the way through while cooking beans, and BA editor Alex Delany madethis“在哪里工作”播放列表在Spotify。所以足总r I’ve found that cooking with music, as opposed to a newsy podcast, has helped facilitate moremeditative cookingand even a few occasional dance breaks, two things I am currently in need of.
The other day I posted the song“Texas Sun” by Khruangbin and Leon Bridgeson my Instagram Story with the text “Listened to this song while I cooked. Made me feel a little better.” I received so many responses with similar sentiments: “So good.” “OMG I also listened to this song to calm myself today.” I think we could all use a few more songs to add to our cooking playlists. Here are five I’m adding to mine:
