This is the Guardian.

A quick warning.

There is some strong language in this episode.

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're curled upon the sofa.

Each week I ask 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 on.

Hello friends I am in the garden keeping my pre-interview nerves in check by

emptying this morning's leftovers into my compost tank.

I don't know if I've mentioned it, but I make my own compost now.

No, come back, do not press, unsubscribe. I'll only mention it once.

I'm just going to put in these banana skins,

some old potato peelings.

I think it's a few months,

four months, five months, then tada,

it's going to turn into the sweet, sweet earthy nutrients to feed my upcoming crop of next

springs, fruit and veg. People do talk about composting. I know this as a pathway to spiritual growth.

Now they do and this might be accurate. This is what happens when you shun booze. You turn directly into being a gardener.

Now listeners, if this garden is my church, this black plastic compost bin is my altar.

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