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 closed doors.

Hello friends. Now you might have noticed on your TV screens that I am currently out of the country.

I am on the Australian Gold Coast. I'm in the jungle. I can't tell you what I'm doing right

now eating sheep's eyeballs, perhaps. Maybe I'm being locked in a box with some rats. Who knows? What you're about to hear is something

that we recorded just before I left when I was in a far happier place. I was cozy in my own home and I was planning to get my pyjamas on and

eat some mashed potato on the sofa when the interview was finished. I am so far from the ability to come for eat right now. Please have an extra buttery crumpers on my behalf, will you? Please, can you do that? Also, if you're doing your Christmas shopping,

please consider my book,

comfort eating which is out now,

and with masses of nostalgia

and stories about the making of the podcast and tales of delicious food really okay over and out enjoy the show

Hello friends you find me as ever here in my kitchen just getting ready to welcome today's guest She is British comedy royalty. You'll probably know her from the

legendary black books or maybe Green Wing or episodes or Friday night dinner.

I could go on.

Yes, it is Tamsin Greg herself on her way over here right now.

I cannot wait.

And she's coming on the tube too.

She would not take the taxi that we offered her.

She is a true woman of the people.

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