comfort food
noun
: food prepared in a traditional style having a usually nostalgic or sentimental appeal
Examples of comfort food in a Sentence
Pot roast and fried chicken are my favorite comfort foods.
a restaurant that serves comfort food
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An invitation to return to one’s roots, to traditional flavors, to comfort food.
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Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Serving up comfort food from homemade pie to tenderloins
Schwabe, 59, and her husband Carl, 60, took over operation of the Sunoco at 2501 Lafayette Road in late 2011.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The building will soon be home to Roxie’s, a comfort food restaurant named in honor of his grandmother, Roxanna Roberts.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Mallard's serves classic meat-and-three plates and some American comfort food standards.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Nadia Cantú, AZCentral.com, 3 July 2025
Serving up comfort food from homemade pie to tenderloins
Schwabe, 59, and her husband Carl, 60, took over operation of the Sunoco at 2501 Lafayette Road in late 2011.
—Bradley Hohulin, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
The building will soon be home to Roxie’s, a comfort food restaurant named in honor of his grandmother, Roxanna Roberts.
—Matthew Odam, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
Mallard's serves classic meat-and-three plates and some American comfort food standards.
—Mackensy Lunsford, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for comfort food
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“Comfort food.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/comfort%20food. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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