The Comfort Food Myth

I made a tuna noodle casserole and now I am sadder

Emily Rees Nunn
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Published in
6 min readJul 3, 2019

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I’m not mad at tuna noodle casserole. I’m just disappointed.

And lately, I wonder how it happened that Americans finally stopped smoking cigarettes but continue eating this “comfort food classic” well into the 21st century.

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Emily Rees Nunn
Heated
Writer for

My book, “The Comfort Food Diaries,” was one of NPR’s best books of 2017. Former New Yorker mag editor. Former Chicago Tribune hack. Present day freelancer.