I don't like cooking, and i am extremely fussy about food, so i was really unsure if i would enjoy this one, but i really did!

Photograph: David Burden Photography/Getty Images View image in fullscreen Simple pleasures … boiled eggs with soldiers. The two of them talk about the highs and the lows of Jay’s Hackney childhood, his lasting passion for school dinners, the. I found it very loving that her mother’s death is the back drop to the different chapters and it was beautiful to see how Grace Dent grieves and heals through memories of food.Joining Grace for a leisurely afternoon chat this week is one of the queens of British comedy, Bridget Christie.

It's a paean to lost times, when children went out to play all day, and school dinners nationwide seemed to feature chocolate slab with "mint sauce" (blancmange), among other things.As Dent puts it herself: “There’s nothing about life in late 20th-century north-west England that isn’t faintly hilarious in print, and I would not swap a single, solitary second. Food and music has taken Gregory on a winding path, navigating student digs and kitchen jobs, ending decades later in global stardom and stadium gigs. In episode four of Comfort Eating with Grace Dent, Mae Martin tells Grace about some of the most important moments in their life – and the comfort food that has seen them through them. She tells Grace about her childhood in an Irish horsing community, being raised almost entirely by women, becoming successful later in life – and the comfort foods that have seen her through. Bringing lashings of comfort and joy to Grace’s house for the final episode of this season is the legendary jazz singer Gregory Porter.

She pops round to Grace’s to discuss her teenage days on the set of Grange Hill, how she fell in love at the Europol canteen, and the importance of Mr Kipling.He talks about his favourite Christmas presents, the magic of childhood Blockbuster trips, his strange times in Miami, and the comfort foods that have seen him through. When she's not writing comedy Grace is to be found 'faffing about on the Internet' or 'faffing about in the garden or kitchen' or 'just 'faffing about generally. Every Tuesday, she invites over celebs who open up on their experiences with family, friends and food. Just a quick message from Grace to say no new episode of Comfort Eating today, as she’s at home on the couch eating cold roasties and stuffing sarnies, enjoying all the Christmas telly.

In her new book Grace Dent explores the particular way in which we all, from time to time, eat for comfort. This book delivers all the joy, warmth, cosiness and fun of the podcast in page after page of unabashed deliciousness. For the third episode of season three of Comfort Eating, Grace welcomes the Ridley Road, Ray Donovan and Sherlock actor Eddie Marsan round to hers. This is an easy read about Grace’s childhood, celebrities she has interviewed and her favourite comfort food recipes. The book is a wonderfully scrumptious, life-affirming journey through the foods that really mean the most to us.Jayde and Grace discuss Jayde’s Bristolian beginnings, what it takes to become a fishmonger, and what makes the perfect dinner party. Cha Cha Cha-ing her way into Grace’s house this week is comedian and one of this year’s stars of Strictly Come Dancing, Jayde Adams. In Comfort Eating , Grace Dent throws open her kitchen cupboards to reveal why we hold these secret snacks and naughty nibbles so dear to our hearts. But halfway through reading it, in the grips of a lung infection and the mournful last days of summer, I did find myself thinking about boiled eggs and Marmite toast in a way that felt almost metaphysical. Ive watched her on Masterchef for years, praising a well cooked guinea fowl, decadant chcolate tortes and frowning when presented with undercooked.