Six O’Clock Solution: Curried Sweet Potato and Split Pea Stew

A well-stocked pantry might be all the inspiration you need to make an interesting dinner. As this U.S. blogger puts it, if you have a good variety of basics on hand, you minimize last-minute runs to the grocery store. Jodi Moreno, Brooklyn, N.Y., is the author of More With Less: Whole Food Cooking Made Irresistibly Simple (Roost/Penguin Random House, $47). She starts her user-friendly collection of more than 130 recipes with a detailed chapter on what she has in her pantry. This term, to her, i