1.   East-West columnist Mai Pham says the most comforting food she knows is this warm and gooey dish.

2.   For many, the most comforting signs are declining fertility rates, the number of children born per woman during her fertile years.

3.   For investors, that might not be the most comforting analogy.

4.   However difficult these past months have been, the fact that this issue is being dealt with in a far more effective way than before is most comforting.

5.   In an odd twist on an old adage, those might be the most comforting words a US sales force overseas could hear.

6.   Sometimes, memories can outdo even the most comforting comfort food.

7.   One of the most comforting truths of the Bible is that God knows and loves me just as I am.

8.   The most comforting and reassuring thing about this particular test drive was the fact that there was no danger of anyone of us getting lost in a strange country.