Hiding under the covers is not an option. When the melancholy of November comes knocking, it’s best to welcome it with open hands and cook it up with appropriate dishes. You can’t look so quickly and melancholy turns into a feeling of happiness.
The recipe for this is simple: It can be a wonderfully steaming vegetable stew, a sugo that is bubbling away for a long time or a buttery potato and celery puree. Soul food means something different to everyone. The only important thing is that the happiness receptors are connected correctly and you can boost your mood with the dish without any worries.
Get into your comfort zone
The only thing to be careful about is the term “soul food,” which has its roots in African-American cuisine and essentially includes dishes such as fried chicken, fish and cornbread or stews made from poultry and sweet potatoes. While “soul food” is often interpreted as hidden racism because its history is linked to slavery and the oppression of African Americans, the term “comfort food” is now used for hearty, hearty, but also sweet soul foods.
The culinary comfort zone is usually based on personal background and the curiosity to explore new terrain. “If we cook consciously with recognition, joy and respect, then in our opinion it is not cultural appropriation, but rather cultural appreciation,” write Yotam Ottolenghi, Helen Goh, Verena Lochmuller and Tara Wigley in their cookbook “Comfort: Recipes that you will love “. For the authors, comfort food means that it is about their journeys and the stories associated with them. With the book you want to celebrate mobility, family, home, but also people in general. As diverse as the authors are, so are the 100 recipes, some of which are very extensive, but they nevertheless show that enjoyment has no limits and can open the door to nation-state thinking.
Curtain up for diversity
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