Seeking comfort in macaroni and cheese.(Food) From: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) | Date: January 9, 2002| Author: Pankey, Deborah | COPYRIGHT 2002 Paddock Publications. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: Deborah Pankey Daily Herald Food Editor

Since Sept. 11, a lot has been written about comfort food. Survey after survey tells us that in this time of stress and uncertainty we've turned to what we know, and that includes food. We want foods that remind us of better times; foods that invoke childhood memories of sitting down for dinner in mom's warm kitchen.

Macaroni and cheese hovers at the top of food that we turn to for solace.

"It is the ...