Clockwise from top left: Ferment to your heart’s content; “sous vide” that steak; grow some herbage; and make all the tortillas.
Photographer: Ted + Chelsea Cavanaugh for Bloomberg Businessweek
The Kitchen Appliances That Will Bring Some Joy Back to Cooking
Rediscover your happy place.
We spent more time in the kitchen this past year than we have in decades. Over half of Americans reported cooking more in December than they had the year prior, according to a poll by food and beverage marketing firm Hunter Public Relations LLC. The shift may be long-lasting: Almost three-quarters of respondents said they intend to continue cooking more when the pandemic ends.
This, then, is a year for home cooks to flex culinary muscles with an eye toward fun. They’re already experimenting with equipment and techniques primarily considered the provenance of professionals.