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Amidst all the worrisome recent news we can all use a little comforting. Fortunately for folks in Portland, Oregon there are great comfort foods to sooth the nerves and please the palate.

OregonLive.com has surveyed Portland’s eateries and come up with a selection of the best of the local comfort foods. And a mouth-watering selection it is! The Chocolate Mousse at Navarre is described as “Rich but lighter than a cloud. Soft but thick and more intense than Christian Bale.” The Banana Pudding at Belly Timber is said to be “Sweet, simple, honest -- and awesome.”

The article on OregonLive.com made seven delicious selections in all, and they’ve got us ready to pay a tasting visit to the place called America’s greenest city. We’re more than ready to take their advice: “Spoon in!”

If you’d like to read the OregonLive.com article cited above go to: Portland's sweetest comfort food