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The Meaning of Food

Comfort Foods

Wylie Dufresne
Chef, WD-50, New York, NY

“It’s hard to articulate why things are comforting. I suppose it’s a taste memory from childhood in the case of the burger. Also the texture of melted cheese, the greasy aspect of a burger and the variation in temperature: warm on the outside, cooler on the inside when cooked really rare.”

Recipe: The Burger Recipe: The Burger

Wylie Dufresne