Foods and other scents bring back more memories for me than anything else.
I just love it !!
My beloved Dad always ate crusty Italian bread with his breakfast but never toasted or buttered. And good Italian bread gets stale quickly!! He didn't care.
He didn't cook but at night he would slice from the loaf and put a banana in it. So funny.
The smell of sauce cooking whether I make it or my DH always smells like being home as a child ( or my Gram's, aunts, etc :)