Favorite Comfort Food: Classic Favorites and Great New Recipes [Paperback]

Martha Stewart Living Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: November 16, 1999

Here are all the foods that make us feel good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snacks.

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Here are all the foods that make us feel good for breakfast, lunch, dinner, and midnight snacks.

Product Details

• Paperback: 144 pages
• Publisher: Clarkson Potter; 1 edition (November 16, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0609804413
• ISBN-13: 978-0609804414
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 0.3 x 10.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #403,128 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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219 of 224 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Favorite Comfort Foods by Martha Stewart, November 23, 1999

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spatin (Colorado) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Favorite Comfort Food: Classic Favorites and Great New Recipes (Paperback)

Wow, what a great book! *Most recipe books give lots of "fluff" but no really basic info on "how to" for beginners or for experienced cooks who have just never tried recipes for certain foods. *This book is a very good basic recipe book that has many down to earth, old fashioned, basic recipes that new cooks need, as well as recipes for us older experienced cooks who never tried certain recipes that appeared too complicated before. *Each recipe has basic ingredient lists and explicit instructions. *The best part is that if the recipe calls for an ingredient, such as chicken stock, or focacia bread for a sandwich recipe, right there under the basic recipe is another recipe for that ingredient from scratch if you choose to do that from scratch too. I've never found another cookbook that does this so well. *Also, there are lots of great photos that show each step in the recipe for those procedures that are alien to some of us. *I can't wait to try some of the recipes for items I normally only order at a restaurant, such as French Onion Soup and New England Clam Chowder. *I'm also ordering another copy for my 20 year old son who just moved into his own apartment this summer, as I know he hasn't got a clue how to make Macaroni and Cheese, Waffles, and Grilled Cheese Sandwiches yet - and they're all in this book. *Happy cooking!

44 of 44 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not Her Best, February 13, 2001

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njbookworm (New Jersey) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Favorite Comfort Food: Classic Favorites and Great New Recipes (Paperback)

I am a Martha Stewart zealot. That's why it pains me to give this a less-than-stellar "3" rating.

Here are a few notes:

- The recipes, while yummy favorites (e.g. macaroni and cheese, egg salad) are quite complicated. (By this I mean that many of the recipies require ingredients you wouldn't readily find in your pantry or take quite long to prepare/bake/cook.) I would suggest buying this book if you have a few extra lbs. of Brie and in your refrigerator and a Sunday afternoon to kill.

- The artwork, as always, is stunning. (For those of you who read "Martha Stewart Living" magazines, the look/feel is very similar.)

- There are fewer recipies than one might expect. This is a very thin volume. If you want more bang for your Martha buck, I might suggest buying one of her compilation cookbooks.

In my mind, anything by Martha is high quality. In the end, though, I wish I spent my pennies on another one of her products.

54 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Home Cooking Classics?, January 22, 2000

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Del S Davis - See all my reviews

This review is from: Favorite Comfort Food: Classic Favorites and Great New Recipes (Paperback)

I was really disappointed. I love watching Martha Stewart weekdays, but she rarely cooks anything I would fix at home. However, from the title of this cookbook, the description and the reviews I decided to take a chance. This is a beautiful book with lovely pictures, but there are very few recipes I would actually fix in my little kitchen. If you are more into onions and potatoes than leeks and parsnips save your money.