The phrase "prefer eating" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it to express a preference for a particular activity or action. For example, "I prefer eating at home rather than going to a restaurant".
Bacteria prefer eating molecules with the lighter carbon because they take less energy to digest.
Why? Do you prefer eating in a restaurant or at home?
While Andrew and I are interested in the sights, my parents prefer eating good food and window shopping.
I prefer eating upstairs, away from the television set ( another annoying tic of Washington restaurants), but each floor offers its own idiosyncratic appeal.
I prefer eating like that than eating completely anonymously.' Antony Sher is performing in two of the five plays in the Royal Shakespeare Company's Jacobean season: Philip Massinger's The Roman Actor and John Marston's The Malcontent at the Swan Theatre, Stratford upon-Avon.
In India, that is particularly true, as employees traditionally prefer eating a home-cooked meal from a dabba, a cylindrical aluminium or tin container, to dining out.
Dave Rich, of course, prefers eating "chocolate, basic chocolate," which he does three times a day.
When a chef tells you he prefers eating to cooking, as Itamar does, you know you are in good hands.
In research from the Hartman Group, many so-called millennial wage earners said they actually preferred eating solo.
Meanwhile, Crassus attempts to seduce his own slave, Antoninus (Tony Curtis), with a creepy metaphor about whether he prefers eating oysters or eating snails.
I preferred eating them like finger food, dipping the balls into a savory, garlicky sauce and nibbling on the crunchy edges.
