The Comfort Table

I was a little dubious about this cookbook when I saw it, but I took a chance on it. I'm glad I did. These recipes are excellent. Some of them are twists on Southern classics and they are good! The recipe for fried green tomatoes will now be one of my staples. This book was a pleasant surprise and I can't recommend it highly enough.

Billy Joel is sure a lucky guy snaring Miss Katie Lee as his wife. This is a Southern girl who stays true to her roots and it shows in her delicious recipes. Her Buttermilk Pancakes with Caramelized Bananas are incrdible as well as her homey Chicken Pot Pie. This is a marvelous book to have in your collection!

Finally a cookbook with real food everyone wants to eat, and the recipes work beautifully! I never take the time to write book reviews, but this book and its author truly warrant all the praise I can lavish on them. I had a dinner party last night with an eclectic guest list. People ranging in age from 8 to 93, from all different backgrounds and with equally diverse pallets. I didn't know what to serve. I wanted to please everyone, quite a daunting task with this cast of characters. I was thumbing through Gourmet magazine looking for inspiration when all of a sudden I realized the best thing to do was to keep the menu simple, but delicious. I had ordered "The Comfort Table" after seeing Katie Lee Joel on Oprah, she was so warm and seemed so down to earth, and when Oprah raved about her Meatloaf I knew I had to get the book. I decided to do a test run of a few of Katie's recipes before the day of the party. This was also a wonderful excuse to stray from my rigid diet! I made the Italian Sausage and Provolone Flat Pie, and it was amazing!!! I decided to make my entire menu for the dinner party using Katie's recipes. Everything turned out absolutely perfectly!!! it is so rare that recipes are this accurate. All of my guests were in Heaven! I have never had a more enjoyable dinner party, everyone delighted in each and every dish that was served. This book is fantastic! I am going to give it to everyone I know! It will prove to be a classic!

I received my cookbook a couple of days ago and was immediately very impressed by the layout, the food images and the beauty that Katie Lee is. All the images match the feeling of the recipes; comfortably chic. i put one of the recipes to the test last night, the tuna meatballs and mango chutney....huge hit and simple! She created a perfect combination of her southern roots and her current nyc lifestyle(I want to go food shopping with her after seeing the photos!). I can't wait to try more recipes and to gift this book to others.