Foody occasions – relations will eat each bit (3,7)

I believe the answer is:

tea parties

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'foody occasions' is the definition.
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'relations will eat each bit' is the wordplay.
'relations' becomes 'ties' (tie can mean a link or relation).
'will eat' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'each' becomes 'ea' (abbreviation).
'bit' becomes 'part' (both can mean a piece of something).
'ea'+'part'='eapart'
'ties' enclosing 'eapart' is 'TEA-PARTIES'.

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