July 7th, 2026
Cooking For Comfort
“It seems to me that our three basic needs, for food and security and love, are so entwined that we cannot think of one without the other.”
M. F. K. Fisher (American Food Journalist; July 3rd, 1908 to June 22nd, 1992)
“Comfort food: quirky, quaint, quixotic. Personal patterns of consolation, encoded on our taste buds past all forgetting as unmistakable as greasy fingerprints. When the miseries strike and you’re down in the dumps, food transformed by love and memory become therapy.”
“Pleasure can be bought, but comfort must be given. Even if you give it to yourself.”
“Consider this: certain delicious foods—carbohydrates–make us feel calm and content because they literally change our brain chemistry by increasing the levels of serotonin, the natural feel-good enzyme recently celebrated on the cover of news magazines. In other words, pasta and potatoes are Mother Nature’s Prozac. Are your starting to feel better already?”
“Since we’re forced to nourish ourselves, why not do it with all possible skill… and ever-increasing enjoyment, And when we sit down not only to eat, but to be cheered and comforted, let us do so with grace and gusto and a grateful heart.”
M. F. K. Fisher (American Food Journalist; July 3rd, 1908 to June 22nd, 1992)
“Every meal is a gift of love and an exploration of a possibility. Our meals are a chance to travel the world via our cuisine.”
–Ban Breathnach, Sarah. “Simple Abundance: A Daybook of Comfort and Joy”. Grand Central Publishing. (1976). Kindle Page 247 to 248 of 501.
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