Welcome to Sunday Sobremesa, a twice-monthly thread to discuss food and culture while sipping on an oat milk latte (or chocolate a la taza1 if that’s more your style!).
When it’s too dark and rainy to venture out for an afternoon coffee—homemade almond flavored oat milk latte with a sprinkle of pumpkin pie spice
With the onslaught of cold and flu season, I’ve been thinking a lot about comfort food. Chicken soup in some form seems to be a staple across various cultures, but each person (or family) also has their own answer to healing dishes.
In David’s family (other than the aforementioned caldo de pollo2, of course), a plate of white rice that’s been infused with garlic and olive oil does the trick, usually accompanied by jamón de York3 or maybe a fried egg. In my own family, a buttery grilled cheese sandwich or my mom’s chicken casserole were comfort classics. I’m also quite partial to a huge bowl of gooey (non-dairy) mac and cheese.
How about you guys? What comfort foods do you turn to when you’re sick or just feeling under the weather? Eager to hear from you in the comments!
Winter is all about comfort cooking for me... we eat lots of potatoes in various forms and shapes and make steamy plates of pasta with lush sauces. When I'm having dinner by myself I always love to enjoy a hearty soup. Food for the soul!
When I was a kid and couldn't stomach much, my mum use to make Chinese porridge. It's often eaten for breakfast as well. She would put shredded chicken in it and it would be this hot soupy rice essentially. It's still one of my favourite things to have. The alternative is grapes 😅 when I couldn't eat or taste much and I wanted something sweet but not messy...I used to eat bunches of grapes.
The Leek & Potato Soup from my book. Easy meets nourishing - and I always have potatoes to hand as I buy them in sacks, often homemade chicken stock in the fridge door (if not cubes are fine!) and leeks in the freezer which work well in this soup.
Chicken noodle soup!
Winter is all about comfort cooking for me... we eat lots of potatoes in various forms and shapes and make steamy plates of pasta with lush sauces. When I'm having dinner by myself I always love to enjoy a hearty soup. Food for the soul!
When I was a kid and couldn't stomach much, my mum use to make Chinese porridge. It's often eaten for breakfast as well. She would put shredded chicken in it and it would be this hot soupy rice essentially. It's still one of my favourite things to have. The alternative is grapes 😅 when I couldn't eat or taste much and I wanted something sweet but not messy...I used to eat bunches of grapes.
My under the weather meal is garlic soup.
The Leek & Potato Soup from my book. Easy meets nourishing - and I always have potatoes to hand as I buy them in sacks, often homemade chicken stock in the fridge door (if not cubes are fine!) and leeks in the freezer which work well in this soup.