"So often, when people talk about comfort food, the media depicts it as sitting on the sofa eating a bucket of ice cream," says Smith. "That's kind of true - sometimes you do seek solace in sweet, creamy things. But actually, more often than not, that's a slight under-representation of what comfort food can be.
"Comfort food, food that takes you to a happy place, is very often your childhood - which for some people can be beans on toast, roast chicken, chicken soup. But for other people, spicy food is the food of their native heritage that they were used to eating. So comfort food is different things to different people."
This is Ed Smith, new cook book Crave on comfort food recently featured on Nigella's cook book corner, it sounds like a nuanced and interesting take, maybe there's a slow cooker and bean rinsing chapter?
"Comfort food, food that takes you to a happy place, is very often your childhood - which for some people can be beans on toast, roast chicken, chicken soup. But for other people, spicy food is the food of their native heritage that they were used to eating. So comfort food is different things to different people."
This is Ed Smith, new cook book Crave on comfort food recently featured on Nigella's cook book corner, it sounds like a nuanced and interesting take, maybe there's a slow cooker and bean rinsing chapter?
