EATING comfort food at home and, if all else fails, gorging on chocolate seem to be the simplest ways for consumers to lighten the mood in the dark days of recession.

• 在家自己动手做吃的，如果稍不留意搞砸了，狼吞虎咽一块巧克力对于消费者来说也许是经济萧条期最简单的使自己快乐些的法子。