Photo courtesy Francesco Tonelli for The New York Times
The New York Times' Minimalist column today tackles the stocking of your pantry. Mark Bittman, who writes the column every week and has a wonderfully straightforward manner about extremely simple cooking, offers advice on what ingredients you really need and which ones you should get rid of to make room for the others.
Example: don't bother with the aerosol oil sprays for cooking - stick to a pastry brush or your fingers with oil you alreay have. It saves room in the cabinet and helps you avoid scary additives they put in those spray cans.
While not a vegetarian by any stretch, he's also big on vegetarian cooking by making simple soups with sauteed veggies as well as being a strong proponent of incorporating a lot of beans into the diet. I plan on taking some of his advice as one of my unofficial new year's resolutions.
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