OUR TOP 10 LISTS

10. Sushi

This is not the time to be anything other than crazy, super self-indulgent. So, go sit at the counter at a non-budget sushi counter and tell the chef who's wielding the knife to feed you.

For one thing, it's good practice for your next relationship. For another thing, there's usually some cute boys/girls at the sushi bar. If you're more in the market for a Euro hottie, you can employ the same strategy at your nearest caviar bar.

Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

9. Ramen

Perhaps the best break-up food ever. For one thing, it's the new chicken noodle soup; you can pretend your mom made it for you (after she dated chef-owner guru David Chang of NYC’s Momofuku).

Also, it's relatively cheap, which leaves you more money to shop for a rebound hook-up outfit. Plus, all the cute boys hang out at ramen places: Your next boyfriend/girlfriend is probably just a noodle bowl away.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

8. Korean tofu soup

You need something spicy to sweat out all that break-up aggression. There's the pleasure/pain principle in the slow chile burn. And we've already talked about the comfort soup factor (see ramen, above).

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

7. Chicken noodle soup

If your mother didn't happen to hook up with a star ramen-making chef and doesn't happen to be good at pouring boiling water over dehydrated noodles, this is what she'll make for you when your heart is broken in half.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

6. Raw egg shake

Here's your chance to go Rocky I on everyone. Put on “Eye of the Tiger,” break out your blender and then find some steps to run up. You're going to look superbly hot for your next guy (girl, whatever you’re looking for); just please shower and change out of the gray sweatsuit before going out.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

5. The cleanse diet

Maybe it's time to be really hardcore in this anguished moment. It's time to punish yourself and give up food altogether. As an added benefit, you'll be so obsessed with Nacho Cheese-Flavored Dorito tortilla chips that you won't have room in your head to think about that loser who broke your heart, anyway.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

4. Pasta carbonara

Okay, maybe a break up isn’t the right moment to talk about punishment (unless you want to start looking for love at an S&M club). It's the time to go for broke with the biggest bowl of pasta, studded with pancetta, cheese and raw egg (which you never intended to use in a shake, anyway). The carb high will be awesome.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

3. Hot fudge Sundae

Do you know what’s even better than a carb high? A sugar high. The kind you get from a bowl filled with mocha chip ice cream with hot fudge pouring all down the sides and a mountain of whipped cream on top. You can watch back episodes of The Jersey Shore and vow never to randomly hook up again.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

2. Raw cookie dough

Make a full recipe from the back of the Toll House bag. No judgements.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor

1. Whiskey

Whiskey. If you’ve ever listened to a country-western song—maybe at that Coyote Ugly bar where you met you danced on the bar—then you know that whiskey is there for you when your jerky now-ex is not. No need for shot glasses; get a big glass and start drinking. Vodka is also there for you, and if your prerogative is to hook up right away, get some peach schnapps too, and sharpen up your Sex on the Beach skills.

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Author: Kate N Krader, FOOD & WINE Restaurant Editor