Nothing beats the glory of being warmed from within by chicken soup, the universal cure for whatever ails you, writes Jill Dupleix.
Is there an app called “Chicken Soup Near Me”? Even knowing that a bowl of soothing broth and shredded chicken is within a five-kilometre radius would make anyone feel better, such is the healing power of a great chicken soup.
Whether it’s Vietnamese pho gai, lemony Greek avgolemono, or Spain’s chicken noodle soup, sopa de picadillo, it’s the universal cure for whatever ails you, from a grazed knee to existential dread.
