Comfort Food

If you had to live a year without your favorite comfort food, what would you eat instead?

What’s a comfort food you secretly love but would never admit on a first date?

If you had to invent a new comfort food, what ingredients would it include?

Do you think comfort food is more about the taste, the memories, or the people you eat it with?

Is there such a thing as emotional nutrition? If yes, how does food play into it?

Can a drink (like tea or hot chocolate) be a comfort food? Why or why not?

What’s the weirdest food you find comforting?

Is there a comfort food from your childhood you can’t recreate as an adult?

Which country’s traditional food do you find surprisingly comforting?

What food smells instantly make you feel safe or at home?

Which comfort food would you serve to an alien to explain human emotions?

Have you ever turned to food for comfort in an unusual situation (e.g., celebrating something sad)?

If your mood were a dish, what would it be today?

Have you ever cried while eating? What were you eating and why?

Can comfort food change with the seasons or your age?