Food porn: Delicious dishes for the hungry soul

From Kugelhupf to the festve Monkey bread, pot roast and noodle soup, here are food shots to tantalise you. (Photos: AP)

Challah is a special bread in Jewish cuisine, usually braided and typically eaten on ceremonial occasions such as Sabbath and major Jewish holidays.

A Levantine dip or spread made from cooked, mashed chickpeas or other beans, blended with tahini, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and garlic, Hummus is popular in the Middle East and Mediterranean, as well as in Middle Eastern cuisine around the globe.

Kugelhupf is a yeast based cake (often with raisins), traditionally baked in a distinctive circular Bundt mold. It is popular in a wide region of Central Europe including southern Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Croatia, Hungary,Serbia, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland and Alsace.

A soft, sweet, sticky pastry served in the United States for breakfast or as a treat, Monkey bread consists of pieces of soft baked dough sprinkled with cinnamon. It is often served at fairs and festivals.

photo provided by America's Test Kitchen in November 2018 shows fried seafood in Boston.

Pot roast is a braised beef dish made by browning a roast-sized piece of beef before slow cooking the meat in a covered dish, sometimes with vegetables, in or over liquid.

Long touted as a form of folk medicine for common cold, a 2000 study found that chicken soup has some components that inhibit neutrophil migration, which may have an anti-inflammatory effect that could hypothetically lead to temporary ease from symptoms of illness.