The tapestry of today’s American palate is woven from threads of many cultures, and food creators are finding that, sometimes, nothing satisfies more than the simple, comforting flavors crafted by amah -- or nonna, abuela, matamahi, impo, savta...
Home-style Latin, European, Asian and Subcontinental flavors and formulations are supplanting a recent trend of “comfort foods” that reads as more “retro” than true to the American demographic of today.
It can be confidently said that, as pervasive and popular as are dishes like mac-‘n’-cheese, chicken and dumplings, and meat loaf, the combination of modern, melting-pot demographics and a host generation raised with very little in the way of home cooking. This means that, for a substantial number of 21st century consumers, those items are at best a step or two removed from their comfort experience; at worst, they’re two-dimensional icons of a past that was never theirs.