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Finding a recipe for recovery: What DC area chefs are stress eating right now

Sure, the clinical name of the coronavirus is 鈥淐OVID-19,鈥 and yes, the “19” stands for the year 2019 鈥 when it was first discovered.

But the 鈥19鈥 could also mean pounds 鈥 as in how much weight some people may have added from stress eating during the pandemic and ensuing quarantine.

WTOP has been talking to some of the best chefs in the region 鈥 James Beard Award and Rammy nominees included 鈥 about everything they鈥檝e been going through lately with the global pandemic. Because they鈥檝e dealt with anxieties just like everyone else, that means stress eating and cravings, too.

So we asked, when things get stressful, what do you start eating?

In the latest installment of 鈥淔inding a recipe for recovery,鈥 chefs such as Matt Baker of and Amy Brandwein shared their favorite comfort foods when the going gets rough.

Part 1: Coronavirus鈥 impact on DC-area chefs, restaurant industry
Part 2: What DC area chefs are stress eating right now
Part 3: What the DC region鈥檚 chefs can鈥檛 wait to eat again
Part 4: Ways you can improve your cooking at home
Part 5: What does the future of dining look like?

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John Domen

John has been with WTOP since 2016 but has spent most of his life living and working in the DMV, covering nearly every kind of story imaginable around the region. He鈥檚 twice been named Best Reporter by the Chesapeake Associated Press Broadcasters Association.聽

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