Turns out your grandmother was right. When you’ve got a cold, a lingering case of the blues, or just the chills and misery that come from a winter-weather commute, the best balm for body and soul is a steamy bowl of chicken soup.
Whether you’re slurping chicken noodle, matzoh ball, avgolemono, or pho, chicken soup is the universal warm blanket of foods, the culinary hug that makes everything all better.