Favorite Comfort Food: A Satisfying Collection of Home Cooking Classics

I love this book. We use it often. Its funny how my family likes the Home Fries in here; They will eat the home fries before they eat their steak! They have asked me to make the Home Fries three nights in a row ! This book is just full of plain old fashioned foods we love. From Fried Chicken to Roast Beef to the best Macaroni & Cheese. The health food experts out there may not like this book, but I think its ok to indulge in some really good food favorites now and then. And you could always improvise.. like the Fried Chicken, you could always broil it or bake it, to make it more lean & healthy. Just a great cookbook filled with very good yummy recipes from appetizers to desserts. I like this book so much that I bought two of them, one hardcover & one soft cover because if you use any cookbook that much its bound to get the used look. I even gave this cookbook to my mother in law, so she could try some of the recipes. Good, easy to use, easy to cook, just plain good & heart comforting cooking. Comfort food. Makes you feel good inside.

Growing up with a Mexican mother my idea of childhood comfort food recipes are not the ones listed in this book. So basically, I've had to teach myself how to make American comfort food and this book has been my best teacher. I have had this book for a few years now and it continues to be one of my favorite cookbooks (and boy do I have a lot of cookbooks!) The buttermilk pancakes are superior to any other recipe I've tried. The pizza is fantastic also. The roasted chicken is my secret recipe for an easy but impressive dinner. The fried chicken is very tasty. And who could forget the macaroni and cheese? Simply the best. Like I said, I didn't grow up on ANY of these foods but my kids sure will!

Love her or hate her, the woman has some good recipes. YUM!!

The photos alone are worth the cost of the book! So far I've made the macaroni & cheese, and the blueberry pancakes. OH MY GOD! Deeelish. Great collection of recipes.