Home Cookin'

While we’ve all been stuck at home, scouring the internet for things to fill our time with, we also have to worry about keeping ourselves well fed. True, there are many restaurants that are open in some capacity for home delivery or take-out, but the best and safest option is still to learn to cook your own meals and make do with whatever you have readily available to save you a trip out of your home.

Check out some our favorite online resources for quarantine cooking!

Bon Apétit

A long time food and entertainment magazine, Bon Apetit’s increasingly popular channel is a goldmine for free online culinary content. While Bon Apetit’s presence on youtube offers many opportunities to learn and hone your craft, they also have a wealth of entertaining and funny content to help your love and enjoyment of everything food to spike to new heights. Be sure to read their guide for “Cooking at Home in the Time of Coronavirus” curated recipes for the current crisis.

Find them on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/BonAppetitDotCom

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Binging with Babbish

With over 6.6 million followers, this prominent Youtuber focuses his content on recreating food from popular movies and TV shows. Some examples include Ram-Don from Parasite and Ratatouille from the disney movie of the same name. While these videos are educational in their own right, Babbish’s popularity led him to launch a spin-off channel called “Basics with Babbish” geared more towards teaching beginners. 

Find him on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bgfilms

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Buzzfeed Tasty

These bite-sized videos have appeared everywhere online. The quick minute-long videos that filled your timelines are great sources of quick and easy food hacks. Perfect for making do with what you have at home. Much like our previous two recommendations, Tasty’s Youtube account is also full of entertaining content with shows like “Eating Your Feed” and “Making it big”. From experience, some the short food hack videos make things look easier than they actually are so make sure to check Tasty’s website that serves as a repository of all their short food hack videos and the recipes behind them.

Find them on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJFp8uSYCjXOMnkUyb3CQ3Q