This is the Guardian.

I'm Grace Dent and this is Comfort eating from the Guardian.

A podcast where we pay homage to the lesser celebrated foods in life. Because even as a restaurant critic, I believe the food that matters most is often that snack

you cobble together when you curled upon the sofa. Each week I asked my guest to lift the lid on what comfort foods have seen them through their lives.

Because you can tell a lot about a person from what they eat behind clothes don't? behind closed door. Hello there, before we start I wanted to let you know that this episode contains

some swearing and themes that may not be appropriate for all listeners.

Hello friends.

Okay, you've caught me red-handed with my mitz in the biscuit ten. I have a lovely packet of shortbread on the

go here. It is not my shortbread I hasten to add I don't personally like it or

eat it. It is Lucy my producer who likes it. I bought her this gift being the

thoughtful little puppet that I am and whoops here I am lying down two sticks from the end, almost at the crumbs.

Very good, very good.

I bought this packet a while ago so I was genuinely worried that it was going off. This is true. I hate food waste. If anything, by eating this I am saving the planet.

Sometimes I think we button ourselves up so much and let it all go gets a bad rap but honestly there is a

power in just saying yes I'm sure that I can find a whole list of things that I should be saying no to tomorrow.

Very buttery.

This guilt-free splurge has gone beautifully with another fine example of my lack of

willpower, binge watching Bridgerton. I started this shortbread last night as I turned

on season three just to watch a couple of episodes to

research today's guest and now just like with the shortbread here I am this

morning lying in bed gobbling up this delicious sexy savage final

little bits because walking through my door very soon will be none other than

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