> "Isn't this food great?" "Yeah, it's delicious"! To me, that is not small talk. It's nothing: it's filler sounds made to break silence. Small talk would be:

> "Isn't this food great?" "Yeah, it's delicious"! To me, that is not small talk. It's nothing: it's filler sounds made to break silence. Small talk would be: "what did you think of the food? I've never had potatoes cooked that way before." Give the other person something to go on, at least.