comfort food

[kuhm-fert food] / ˈkʌm fərt ˌfud /

NOUN

satisfying food

Synonyms

WEAK

Mom's food home cooking meat and potatoes plain food prepackaged food

Example Sentences

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Because who other than the queen of comfort food could step into the shoes of Dame Prue Leith, who is leaving the show in order to "work less and play more"?

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

A now-ubiquitous American comfort food has its origins in pasta dishes that have evolved over centuries.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 13, 2026

Readers are looking for comfort food, not books that are overly violent or mean, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 30, 2026

Italian cuisine’s reputation as comfort food isn’t wrong — it’s just incomplete.

From Salon • Jan. 24, 2026

I bet she’d like a box of cereal to munch on, too: comfort food for the ride.

From "Wintergirls" by Laurie Halse Anderson