Comfort food, because some foods make us feel good

To excite us, the scent of a freshly baked cake, or a sauce simmering slowly on the stove, is enough. Memories that bring us back to childhood, like the taste of chocolate or foods from the past like rice and milk. Different dishes that have in common the characteristic of making us feel good. In short, to be comfort food, foods that warm the soul: a topical issue just a few days before the Christmas holidays – when we all look forward to tasting traditional specialties – to which even the New York Times has recently dedicated an article.

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