I don't think Italians have a monopoly on food and its association with emotions or events. Food, at least in America, is everywhere which means that just about wherever we are and whatever we are doing, there's food around to consume whether it's for nutritional purposes, to mitigate an emotional state, to augment conversation, or to ease boredom.

The color orange: I don't know about.


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