Is there a food smell that instantly takes you back to a particular kitchen or moment?

A natural way to answer

Yes, for me it's the smell of fresh bread. Whenever I walk past a bakery, it brings back memories of weekend mornings at home, when my dad used to bake. It's funny how a smell can do that so quickly.

Key phrases to use

• take me back — makes you suddenly remember and almost relive an earlier time“That song takes me back to my school days.”
• hang around — to wait or stay somewhere without doing much, often casually“We were just hanging around the kitchen waiting for the food.”
• bring back memories — to make you remember happy or meaningful things from the past“Looking at old photos really brings back memories.”
• under each other's feet — in the way of each other in a small, crowded space“With everyone cooking at once, we were all under each other's feet.”