Panic-buy this, not that

[petrea_mitchell]

The Washington Post's contribution to coping with the coronavirus situation today is advice from top chefs on what to stock your pantry with in case you have to spend a couple weeks in self-isolation. The most common suggestions are rice and frozen peas, which we tend to have lying around anyway, so I guess we're already prepared on that score.

Meanwhile, the inexplicable global run on toilet paper has produced a clever marketing stunt in Australia.