Pizza, cheeseburgers, mac and cheese. Cake baked by the love of your life. Comfort food is the yum that makes us feel good but its not just because. Like ice cream in sitcoms, different foods mean different things to different people.
There is a huge relationship between food and feeling. Comfort food is not really about being hungry, its about memory, mood and go-to moments. Its about meals prepared by caregivers, festive foods tied to celebrations, and dishes linked to cultural traditions that create memories we carry into adulthood.
A review published by researchers at Humanitas University found that these emotional connections are embedded in all of us and can be triggered long before food is actually eaten, sometimes just by smell or sight.
