Comfort food

For the Noah Ashenhurst novel, see Comfort Food (novel).

Chicken soup, a common classic comfort food that is found across various cultures

Comfort food is food that provides a nostalgic or sentimental value to someone[1] and may be characterized by its high caloric nature associated with childhood or home cooking.[2] The nostalgia may be specific to an individual or it may apply to a specific culture.[3]

  1. ^ "Definition of COMFORT FOOD". Merriam-Webster. 12 December 2023. Retrieved 16 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Comfort food". WordNet 3.1. Retrieved 10 January 2016.
  3. ^ Rufus, Anneli (23 June 2011). "How comfort foods work like Prozac". Gilt Taste. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015. Retrieved 8 April 2015. ()