And, sometimes, a soup can can make you laugh. Have you heard of the Chicken Noodle Soup dance? Check out YouTube for more versions of this viral hip-hop hit by dancers from Harlem to Harvard.
I'm Lydia Walshin, a longtime food writer who lives and cooks in a real log house. If I could, I'd eat Chinese noodles, grapes, ice cream and soup every day.
Thanks Lydia -- I needed that!