Autumn comforts
Comfort food, for many of us, is our favourite food; wholesome, convivial dishes that make us want to gather in a group, sit down and share a meal together. From children to adults alike, when asked “what is your best, most-craved-for meal?” the answer is almost always a dish that is steeped in nostalgia, in feelings of warmth and security, of being provided for.
This might be your mum’s famous cottage pie made with a secret splash of this and that, or a great big bowl of gently spiced lentil soup with good-quality bread spread generously with salted butter or a roast rib of beef with all the trimmings. Perhaps it is the crisp rustle of an epic roast potato or the vaunted puff and creamy wobble on a perfect Yorkshire pudding that really thrills; it might even be something as simple as a big bowl of
