Lessons From Mum: How to Cook From the Pantry

Lesson number one: canned tuna is a pantry powerhouse

Canned tuna was Mum's most trustworthy ingredient, something she always kept in her pantry as it could become dinner in almost no time at all. Giulia Scarpaleggia

Cooking from the pantry is what everyone is suggesting now, when many of us are still at home on lockdown. We’re leaning on our bags of pasta and rice, jars of tomato sauce, and cans of tuna and beans. 

Keeping your pantry well-stocked—without excessive hoarding—and using its contents as your main resource is the best way to face a moment of unprecedented crisis. Yet this is how my mum has been cooking for all her life.