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Nostalgia you can microwave.
means Food that soothes you emotionally, usually because it's simple, carb-heavy, and tied to childhood or home.
from A 20th-century American phrase — print citations trace it to the 1960s-70s — built from the comfort people already associated with hearty, familiar cooking. 'Comfort' itself goes back to Latin 'confortare,' to strengthen greatly, via Old French 'conforter.' The food industry and media later ran with the term, turning a plain description into a whole marketing category of mac and cheese and mashed potatoes.
- brain effect
- triggers same reward pathways as physical warmth
- origin
- term first printed in 1966 American newspapers
- psychology
- tastes better when you are lonely, studies show
- irony
- usually the opposite of what nutritionists comfort you with