Food & eating
comfort food
food that gives emotional comfort
Comfort food is familiar food that makes you feel happier or more relaxed.
Hear it in real life
What do you eat when you're feeling homesick?
Usually my mum's chicken soup - it's real comfort food.
When I'm tired, a bowl of rice porridge is my favourite comfort food.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: Tomato soup is my comfortable food.
Say: Tomato soup is my comfort food.
Use the noun “comfort,” not the adjective “comfortable,” in this food expression.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
my comfort food is; eat comfort food
Your turn: say it out loud
When I'm tired, a bowl of rice porridge is my favourite comfort food.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
comfort food
food that gives emotional comfort
“When I'm tired, a bowl of rice porridge is my favourite comfort food.”
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