The new comfort foods occupy a niche where old favorites now meet gourmet, upscale foods. Today’s comfort food innovation follows a formula of sorts to provide a new take on an old classic. They offer a classic food, upscale the ingredients, add variety with quality, and then change the recipe just enough to provide an interesting twist, notes QSR magazine’s “Comfort conversions for your menu.”
What’s behind the trend?
An estimated 60% of Millennials are searching for new ways to enhance old recipe favorites. “The trend of ‘gastronostalgia’ has driven the Millennial demographic to revamp their childhood favorites with a grown-up, gourmet twist,” according to Lapine, Millennials Report.
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