Risotto is the pandemic meal your mental health needs right now.

Matt Lardie
4 min readMay 22, 2020

Who would have thought it would take a global health emergency and economic catastrophe to make me appreciate standing in the front of the stove for 20–30 minutes, doing nothing else but tending to a pan of rice.

Photo by Julien Pianetti on Unsplash

Risotto is a dish that has, unfairly if you ask me, earned a reputation for being fussy and difficult. There are steps, more than a few. They…

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Matt Lardie

Food, wine, travel, ethics, and life’s journey. Based in Durham, NC but frequently wandering.