"Most people have a favorite comfort food, a dish they turn to for relief after a long, tough week, or just to warm their belly on a cold winter day. Celebrity chefs are no exception. From tried-and-true comfort classics like grilled cheese with tomato soup, mashed potatoes with gravy, or butter noodles, to less common picks like cherrystone clams, celebrity chef comfort food has no rules as long as it's soothing."
"The queen of comfort food herself, Ina Garten (she wrote the book on it - " Modern Comfort Food," in 2020) has one autumnal selection that gets her through every time. In an interview with Today from October 2024, when asked what her go-to comfort food is, The Barefoot Contessa answered, "Well, it's the fall - I love butternut squash and apple soup.""
"She makes a good point - comfort foods change with the seasons. In the fall, shorter, cooler days mean heartier, warming, stick-to-your-ribs meals like beef stew, chili, and whole roasted chicken with root veggies. Factor in favorites like warm apple cider and pumpkin pie, and it's clear that fall is a quintessential comfort food season. Garten's choice of soup, with its sweet, earthy flavors of butternut squash and apples, is the epitome of the season - fall in a bowl."
Many people turn to familiar dishes for comfort, and celebrity chefs also favor soothing foods. Fall encourages heartier, warming meals such as beef stew, chili, whole roasted chicken with root vegetables, warm apple cider, and pumpkin pie. Butternut squash and apple soup captures autumn with sweet, earthy flavors and simple preparation. Butternut squash also appears in saffron risotto and caramelized preparations suitable for holiday sides. A straightforward soup method begins with cooking chopped onions in oil, butter, and curry powder on low heat until softened and aromatic, while preparing peeled and chopped butternut squash and apples for cooking.
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