Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 641.563
EAN: 9781416948353
ISBN: 141694835X
Label: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Languages: Array
Manufacturer: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 256
Publication Date: 2008-04-01
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment
Studio: Simon Spotlight Entertainment

Nothing is more comforting than a home-cooked meal. And the best home cooking starts with fresh ingredients found close to home with foods that are local, seasonal, and organic. Raised in her grandmother's Southern kitchen, Katie Lee Joel comes from a "family of great cooks and big eaters." And she knows exactly what appeals to the home cook: recipes that are delicious, easy to follow, quick to prepare, and made with readily available seasonal ingredients.

In The Comfort Table, Katie dips into her archive of family recipes and updates all the classics from her childhood growing up in West Virginia, and also creates some inventive new favorites. This mouthwatering assortment of more than 125 recipes includes Southern staples like Fried Green Tomatoes, Chicken and Dumplings, Peach Cobbler, Meatloaf, and the quintessential Pulled Pork BBQ, which stand alongside contemporary classics like Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup, Citrus-Tarragon Mahi-Mahi, and Dijon and Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb.

But The Comfort Table is about more than just good old-fashioned home cooking. It's about sharing delicious, healthful meals -- made with love -- for friends and family. Katie's rich assortment of recipes for starters, salads, soups, entrees, side dishes, breads, breakfast, desserts, and drinks, is accompanied by entertaining tips and anecdotes to delight the modern foodie. The Comfort Table is a comprehensive, unpretentious, refreshingly accessible guide to creating unforgettable meals for occasions big and small.

Customer Rating:
Summary: yum!
Comment: I picked it up at the library this week, I read it through and then read it again. I enjoyed everything in this book, the family stories, photos, and the recipes. I love how simple the recipes seem. I've made one so far, egg salad with a big slice of tomato. very good. I'm going to buy the book, too many good recipes to try in it. All good comfort food that everyone likes. I'm looking forward to trying the pizza dough. I'm still looking for the perfect homemade thin crust, I think the recipe in this book has what I've been looking for. I think it would make a very nice gift for anyone.

Update: Pizza dough, great! Thin crust. Thanks Katie!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Simple homestyle cooking...
Comment: I have a large cookbook collection that includes titles such as French Laundry and Bouchon, and I love all of them, but this book holds a special place. I love home-cooked comfort food and this book contains recipes that are not only simple to make any day of the week, but the ingredients are easily accessible. Sure, most people have standard recipes for mainstays like meatloaf, beef stew and spaghetti, but I like to try other people's variations for fun, and some have been plain awful. Not Katie's recipes. Everything I have tried thus far in the book has been outstanding...extremely tasty and satisfying. I am very pleased with my purchase, and I can't wait to try the rest of the recipes.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Boring
Comment: What really bothers me about the reviews for this book is that 9/10 reviews are planted by the author/book company. Don't believe me? Check out the reviews. None have done any reviews besides this book...sigh. They should all be Hallmark card writers.

As for the recipes? The recipes are amateur at best. The book is basically just a puff piece for a Hamptons girl with too much time on her hands.

I give her props for the meatloaf and thats it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: One of my favorite cookbooks for everyday food
Comment: I have to snicker at all the foodies who trashed this cookbook. Yes, the food is basic, so if you want gourmet keep on looking. I have many cookbooks by world-renowned chefs, however, I keep grabbing this one to use several times a week. Someone mentioned in their review that Katie is like a younger Ina Garten. I would agree, that opinion is probably influenced by the photography in the book. It is almost identical to the photos in Ina's cookbooks. There are many must have recipes in the book. My family's favorites are the refrigerator rolls. They are heaven; sweet, fluffy, melt in your mouth, I could go on and on. The chili recipe is a keeper. The spaghetti is definately a WV recipe (WV resident too), very yummy. Apricot braised pork chops are a quick weeknight meal that my family enjoys. I could go on and on. Bottom line is that I haven't tried anything I wouldn't make again. Give this one a try if you are looking for some truly comforting, easy recipes.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Sometimes you just want something simple...
Comment: I recently picked up this book and I just love it. It's remarkably simple, which is what I like about it. I noticed there were some negative reviews about how amateurish it is, but you know what, why does a cookbook have to be rocket science in order to be considered well executed? Sometimes some nice, very basic and easy recipes are what people want and need when they come home and are exhausted. I like that these recipes call for few ingredients and most of them are already in your pantry. I picked this up particularly for the flatpie and the chicken pot pie recipes. Holy moly, talk about delicious! If you know anyone who is new to cooking, or just wants some very easy meals to prepare any day of the week, this book is perfect. I only knocked one star off because of the excessive amount of pictures of the author. She's a doll, but it's a little overly staged and just kind of obnoxious in general. But overall the book is great. Really delicious and simple food!

Update: Just made the meatloaf and mashed potatoes this past weekend. YUUUUMMMM!!!!

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