Coronavirus pandemic reveals Germans’ poor cooking skills
By DW
26 April 2020 |
12:34 pm
Germans reliance on fast food and pre-cooked meals has left them with limited culinary skills when they need them most, a food industry group said. But Germans are flocking to supermarkets and rediscovering cookbooks.
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