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Comfort food is food that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone, and may be characterized by its high caloric nature, high carbohydrate level, or simple preparation.

The nostalgia may be specific to an individual, or it may apply to a specific culture.

Baking is a method of cooking food that uses prolonged dry heat, normally in an oven, but also in hot ashes, or on hot stones.

The most common baked item is bread but many other types of foods are baked.

Heat is gradually transferred "from the surface of cakes, cookies, and breads to their centre.

As heat travels through it transforms batters and doughs into baked goods with a firm dry crust and a softer centre".

Baking can be combined with grilling to produce a hybrid barbecue variant by using both methods simultaneously, or one after the other.

Baking is related to barbecuing because the concept of the masonry oven is similar to that of a smoke pit.

For various examples of cuisine, see List of German dishes.

The cuisine of Germany has evolved as a national cuisine through centuries of social and political change with variations from region to region.

An hors d'oeuvre ([also hors d'oevre]), appetizer, or starter is a small dish served before a meal.

Some hors d'oeuvres are served cold, others hot.

Hors d'oeuvres may be served at the dinner table as a part of the meal, or they may be served before seating.

Formerly, hors d'oeuvres were also served between courses.

Dessert is a course that concludes a main meal.

The course usually consists of sweet foods and beverages, such as dessert wine or liqueurs, but may include coffee, cheeses, nuts, or other savory items.

In some parts of the world, such as much of central and western Africa, and most parts of China, there is no tradition of a dessert course to conclude a meal.