What comes to your mind when you think of comfort foods? In my opinion meatloaf is pretty tough to beat.
Meatloaf is great.  Mac and cheese is good too.
cornmeal served by German-Americans in Pennsylvania since colonial times. Meatloaf in the contemporary American sense did not appear in cookbooks until the late 19th century.
International variations.
International variations Argentina.
In Argentina it is usually called "Pan de carne". It is typically filled with ham, cheese, and carrots (or some other vegetable).
International variations Austria.
The Austrian meatloaf version is called "Faschierter Braten". Most of the time it is not filled (e.g., in Germany), but
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Since the Sterns began documenting regional American food in the 1970s many other writers and television personalities have used their pioneering work as inspiration. In addition to their early work with regional American food the Sterns' book "Square Meals" (Knopf 1985) put "comfort foods" like mac and cheese, meatloaf, and mashed potatoes on the culinary map. "Square Meals" did an audacious reverse spin on the tricked up and precious nouvelle cuisine that was beloved by food critics at that time.
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