Breakfast Comforts (Williams-Sonoma): With Enticing Recipes for the Morning, including Favorite Dishes from Restaurants Around the Country [Hardcover]

Rick Rodgers (Author), Maren Caruso (Photographer)

Book Description

Release date: June 7, 2011

A hearty, home-cooked breakfast is one of life's great pleasures, and Rick Rodgers offers the best recipes for creating delicious and comforting breakfasts and brunches at home. Full of mouthwatering photography of enticing finished dishes, this book is a kitchen staple for making the favorite meal of the day.

This delicious new cookbook, filled with everyone's favorite breakfast and brunch comfort food dishes, is all about the first meal of the day: Stacks of fluffy buttermilk pancakes, raised Belgian waffles with strawberries and whipped ream, cheesy omelets and quiches, and flaky biscuits with sausage gravy. There's also an entire section on favorite morning drinks. In addition, signature dishes from favorite breakfast and brunch restaurants from around the country are featured, such as Crab Eggs Benedict from Portage Bay Cafe in Seattle, pecan caramel rolls from Hell's Kitchen in Minneapolis and BBQ shrimp and grits from the Ruby Slipper Cafe in New Orleans.

In Breakfast Comforts, celebrated cookbook author Rick Rodgers shares his favorite tried-and-true recipes for the morning meal, along with a collection of mouthwatering dishes from beloved breakfast and brunch restaurants across the country. Peppered with Rodgers’ nostalgic, personal tales, it also includes engaging stories behind the featured restaurants and the signature dishes that have made them so popular. Over 100 recipes will satisfy any breakfast craving, whether you prefer a sweet or savory start to the day. Showcasing American regional cuisine, the restaurant recipes include decadent cheese and berry blintzes from New York; chile-laced migas from the Southwest; crab cake Benedict from the Pacific Northwest; and the lightest, flakiest biscuits—with plenty of hearty sausage gravy on the side—from the American South. You’ll also find recipes for all the classics, such as butter- and syrup-drenched waffles; marmalade-stuffed French toast; scrambled eggs bursting with herbs and tomatoes; crispy corned beef hash; and sticky caramel-pecan rolls. Wake up to gooey cinnamon rolls fresh from the oven, spiced apple pancakes dripping with golden syrup, delicately poached eggs lavished with lemony hollandaise, or thick slices of sizzling maple-glazed bacon. All these recipes and more can be found in this, the only cookbook you’ll ever need to make your mornings spectacular. No matter what you’re in the mood for, you’ll find inspiration for every palate and every occasion, from a casual family breakfast to a lazy Sunday brunch with friends, in this ultimate collection of comfort-food breakfasts.

Restaurants and recipes featured are:

San Francisco

Universal Cafe

http://www.universalcafe.net/

2814 19th Street, San Francisco, CA 94110

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Chef/Owner: Leslie Carr Avalos

Recipe: flatbread breakfast pizza

Los Angeles

Blu Jam Cafe

www.blujamcafe.com

7371 Melrose Ave, Los Angeles, CA 90046

Tel: [phone]

Chef/Owner: Kamil Majer ([e-mail])

Recipe: breakfast quesadilla

Austin

Kerbey Lane Cafe

http://www.kerbeylanecafe.com/

Main Office: 2111 Dickson Dr. Suite A., Austin, TX. 78704

Tel: [phone]

Central Location: 3704 Kerbey Lane, Austin, TX 78731

Tel: [phone]

Recipe: migas

Portland

Daily Cafe (3 locations)

www.dailycafeinthepearl.com

Daily cafe in the Pearl:

902 NW 13th Ave, Portland, Oregon 97209

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Recipe: whole wheat pancakes with berry compote

Miami

Michael’s Genuine Food & Drink

http://www.michaelsgenuine.com/miami

Recipe: white chocolate scones with lemon curd

New York

Sarabeth’s -- www.sarabeth.com

Recipe: blintzes

Atlanta

Highland Bakery

www.highlandbakery.com

655 Highland Ave NE # Ne3

Atlanta, GA 30312-1464

Tel: [phone]

Owner: Stacey Eames ([e-mail])

Recipe: Sweet potato & pecan pancakes

Philadelphia

Jack's Firehouse

www.jacksfirehouse.com

2130 Fairmount Avenue

Philadelphia, PA 19130

Tel: [phone]

Email: [e-mail]

Recipe: cheesesteak omelet

Seattle

Portage Bay Cafe (3 locations)

www.portagebaycafe.com

Roosevelt: 4130 Roosevelt Way NE, Seattle 98105

Tel: [phone]

South Lake Union: 391 Terry Ave N, Seattle 98109

Tel: [phone]

General Managers: Susan Ritchie ([e-mail]) and Jeff Smith ([e-mail])

Executive Chef: Justin Newstrum ([e-mail])

Recipe: Dungeness crab benedict

Nashville

Sweet 16th – A Bakery

http://www.sweet16th.com/

Recipe: grittata casserole

Minneapolis

Hell's Kitchen

www.hellskitcheninc.com

80 South 9th St.

Tel: [phone]

Owner: Mitch Omer ([e-mail])

Advertising: Cynthia Gerdes ([e-mail])

Recipe: Caramel-pecan rolls

Denver

Snooze Eatery (3 locations)

www.snoozeeatery.com

2260 Larimer St., Denver, CO 80205

Tel: [phone]

Recipe: Corned beef hash

Chicago

HotChocolate

Recipe: Monkey bread with orange glaze

New Orleans

The Ruby Slipper

Recipe: BBQ shrimp and grits

Santa Fe

Cafe Pasqual's

Recipe: Homefries with green and red chile sauce

Charleston

Hominy Grill

Recipe: Hi-Rise Biscuits with sausage gravy

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Rick Rodgers is an award-winning cookbook author, cooking teacher, food writer, and radio and television guest chef whose infectious love of good food reaches countless cooks every day. He is the author or coauthor of ten Williams-Sonoma titles, among them Comfort Food and Essentials of Roasting. He has also written numerous other cookbooks on a wide range of subjects, including the best-selling Thanksgiving 101 and Fondue, and IACP Cookbook Award nominees The Carefree Cook and Kaffeehaus. His recipes have appeared in Food & Wine, Cooking Light, and Fine Cooking, and he is a frequent contributor to Bon Appétit magazine.

Maren Caruso, based in San Francisco, has photographed over 50 cookbooks, including Williams-Sonoma Cheese, Cooking from the Farmers’ Market, and several titles in the Williams-Sonoma Collection series, as well as Chocolate Obsession, the winner of an IACP best food photography award. Her photographs have also appeared in Saveur, Gourmet, and Food & Wine magazines.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Weldon Owen (June 7, 2011)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1616280700
• ISBN-13: 978-1616280703
• Product Dimensions: 10.5 x 9.1 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #74,833 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #25 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Meals > Breakfast

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

21 of 21 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars FABULOUS !!! August 20, 2011

By Deborrah Cochrum

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I have hundreds of cookbooks and I love breakfast as does my family. If I had to narrow down which cookbook I would keep as my go to for breakfast recipes this would be the one. The instructions are clear and concise, not hard to follow, so whether you are an experienced cook or novice, you can follow these recipes. The photos (which I always like in any cookbook, I want to know what it should look like when I am finished), are spectacular. You eat with your eyes and these pictures will inspire you to try your hand at the recipe offerings. I have made several of the recipes for my family, Eggs Blackstone (featured on the cover), Huevos Rancheros, Cinnamon Rolls, Apple Fritters, etc ... all of them turned out perfectly and all I had to do was follow the recipe (I always follow the recipe to the letter the first time before I tweak anything ... these didn't need any tweaking, it was that good). The cookbook is organized nicely into breakfast categories so if you are looking for egg dishes, sides, from the griddle, sweets, it is there for you and easy to find. The ingredients used aren't exotic, you should be able to find what you need in your local grocery store. Truly a treasure trove of recipes that will delight your palette and range from sophisicated to just fun !

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Lives up to its title June 14, 2011

By D. Bennett

Breakfast Comforts definitely lives up to the title. How scrumptious the recipes are (and the pictures, you'll salivate just looking at them). My husband and I are big breakfast fans, we'll eat it for dinner. I recommend the blueberry muffin recipe. Delicious! I bought this at Williams Sonoma retail store for full price and it was worth it, but it is discounted on Amazon so that is even better.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Breakfast Comforts by Rick Rodgers August 7, 2011

By J. Lew

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Williams-Sonoma Breakfast Comforts by Rick Rodgers is the best breakfast cookbook I have ever purchased. Not only are the recipes amazing, all the photos in the book are equally inviting. The restaurant recipes are fantastic too. It makes me want to hurry out of my warm bed to whip up one of the featured breakfasts. I cannot say enough about how pleased I am with this book. It should be on the best sellers list, if not already!