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Are you lonesome tonight? Why we, like Elvis, turn to food for comfort

  • Written by Melissa Wdowik, Assistant Professor of Food Science and Human Nutrition, Colorado State University
imageElvis Presley pictured on a Forever stamp in 2015. Oldrich/Shutterstock.com

August 16 is known to many Elvis Presley fans as the anniversary of his untimely death at the age of 42 in 1977. It is also the perfect occasion, for many, to honor him by indulging in his favorite foods, including fried banana and peanut butter sandwiches (with or without...

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