Comfort Eating: What We Eat When Nobody's Looking

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Have you ever wondered why eating cheese can sometimes feel like a cuddle Or how a big bowl of pasta can be just what we need after a tough day Oh, and what is it about butter that seems to make everything just that little bit better . . .

The foods we turn to behind closed doors are deeply personal, steeped in nostalgia and topped with a healthy dollop of guilty pleasure. In Comfort Eating, Grace Dent throws open her kitchen cupboards to reveal why we hold these secret snacks and naughty nibbles so dear to our hearts.


Exploring her go-to comfort foods through a series of joyous encounters, Grace reflects on the memories they uncover and pays tribute to her parents, the people who taught her what comfort eating truly means. Along the way, she catches up with some famous friends to chat about their own favourites - from Jo Brand's fried bread sandwich and Russell T. Davies' 'butterpepperrice' to Scarlett Moffat's crushed-Wotsits-topped beans on toast and many, many more . . .So grab a plate and pull up a chair: unfussy, honest and filled to the brim with heartwarming stories and comfort food tales, Comfort Eating is the perfect treat for food lovers everywhere.

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Grace Dent is a columnist, broadcaster and author; she is the Guardian's restaurant critic. She regularly appears on MasterChef UK and presents Best of Britain by the Sea with Ainsley Harriott. Dent was named Restaurant Writer of the Year at the 2022 Fortnum & Mason Food Awards; her memoir Hungry won the Lakeland Book Prize and the Fortnums Book Award. She hosts the podcast Comfort Eating which has received over 2.5 million downloads and was named the Podcast of the Year at the 2022 British Media Awards.@gracedent