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Comfort food is really about nostalgia

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 …

A waitress pours a drink at a counter for three women in hats and fur coats seated at a diner, evoking classic drugstore soda fountain traditions, with menus and glasses visible.

9 Drugstore Soda Fountain Traditions America Left Behind

Drugstore soda fountains once turned a simple drink into a social ritual built around hand-mixed sodas, counter slang and a seat at the neighborhood counter.

A plate of spaghetti topped with chili, kidney beans, shredded cheddar cheese, and chopped onions. A fork is lifting a portion of the noodles. A bowl of beans is in the background.

11 Cincinnati Chili Facts That Explain Bengals Fandom

Cincinnati chili has deep local roots, and its long connection to the Bengals shows how food and football became part of the same hometown tradition.

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