Comfort food is really about nostalgia
Research suggests that comfort foods improve mood primarily by fostering a sense of social connection through nostalgia, rather than through taste alone.
For years, the assumption was that comfort food worked the way any good food works: through taste. But researchers who study why certain dishes soothe people found something different. Four studies published last year in the journal “Cognition and Emotion” showed that nostalgic foods lift people’s mood mainly by making them feel connected to others. […]
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