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Comfort Eating
- What We Eat When Nobody's Looking
- Narrated by: Grace Dent
- Length: 6 hrs and 7 mins
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Summary
From one of the nation's best-loved food writers and inspired by the award-winning podcast, Comfort Eating is a wonderfully delicious, life-affirming journey through the foods that really mean the most to us.
'What an absolute TREAT . . . A moving, sweet and funny memoir about the power of comfort foods. The memories and emotions triggered by it warmed my heart and reminded me of those I love.'
MARIAN KEYES
'Evocative and beautiful.' EVENING STANDARD
'Funny and poignant.' GUARDIAN
'This book will make you hungry.' IRISH TIMES
'Deliciously entertaining.' SCOTSMAN
'The comfort read you need.' WOMEN'S WEEKLY
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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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'The restaurant critic's exploration of the delicious things we snack on is shot through with nostalgia for childhood, family and home . . . her humour [is] tweezer-sharp and the writing as strong as a Christmas stilton.'
NELL FRIZELL, GUARDIAN
' Comfort Eating will leave you craving second helpings and will make you laugh and think at almost every turn . . . This might be the sanest thing anyone has ever written about eating for pleasure.'
IRISH TIMES
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- gemma langridge
- 16-10-23
Fabulous non precocious foody book
A lovely soothing, funny, memory evoking book.
Listened to it in 2 days.
Can’t wait to listen to the next one.
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- Elondongurl
- 16-08-24
something for everyone
GD is a favourite of mine so this review may be biased. The theme of what we eat when no one is watching is wholesome and entertaining. Almost everyone should be able to relate to the theme of secret eating pleasures. I loved it
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- laizydaizy
- 19-11-24
A real treat - not ones you eat !
What a surprise I got. Don’t know what I was expecting but oh how joyful. Memories came flooding back much laughter and some tears inevitable when one’s memory is laid bear.
I love watching Grace on masterchef and although she always comes across as fair and the odd pithy remark but this was the hidden Grace. I listen in one hit spellbound by the way she speaks you can hear her smile and love. I would so love to hear more from her, exploits perhaps of her travels.
I’m keeping this one and will dip in when I need a boost, I couldn’t be down for to long after a chapter or two. Grace you get a fab u lous- more please
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- Panekenekie
- 24-08-24
Funny and endearing
Easy listen and funny anecdotal stories. Makes you slightly hungry but less guilty about what you are about to eat
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- Mrs J D Barnett
- 25-08-24
Therapy
I loved this nostalgic journey through the 70’s onwards encompassing everything that life throws at us carried by an A road of food memories , it was like therapy 🤎 thank you Grace 😊
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- Jay
- 10-10-23
sent me back to my childhood
A very witty and funny book I would recommend buying your favorite packet of crisps if you’re listening to the book.
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- Grace Parraman
- 16-10-23
Love it
Listened while ill in bed amazing comforting like being given a hug, always love Grace Dent
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- katrina H.
- 30-11-23
Best purchase off Audible for a long time
Funny, at times sad but overall a fantastic listen. Would highly recommend. Best book I’ve listened to in a long time
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- Sarah
- 16-01-24
Adored this book!
As a woman of a similar age, with a very similar Gen X upbringing to Grace, this book was like a cozy, nostalgic hug. It was extremely moving in places, while also making me genuinely laugh out loud too. I found this book to be incredibly relatable with regard to food, as well as the highs and lows of family life, to the point where at one point I half expected we might actually be related as we seemed to have had the exact same grandma! I loved Graces writing and, to my ears, soothing delivery (now that I’ve avidly listened to the whole thing, I can see it being a perfect book to pop on to nod off to). You wouldn’t need to be a fan of the podcast to enjoy this book, but there’s a good chance you might become one if you’re not already. Grace, if you’re reading this, thank you x
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- MRS ALISON A CAIRNS
- 10-05-24
love this
Love Grace first class book , so many memories brought back to me thank you
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