Simple Comforts: 50 Heartwarming Recipes [Hardcover]

Sur La Table (Author)

Book Description

Release date: September 28, 2010

50 delicious comfort food recipes wrapped up in an affordable, giftable package.

Featuring recipes such as Cinnamon Streusel-Sour Cream Coffee Cake, Winter Vegetable Stew with Moroccan Flavors, Savory Meatloaf with Maple-Mustard Glaze and Rich Brown Gravy, Apple and Ginger Spiced Sweet Potatoes, and Old-Fashioned, Better-Than-Any-Box Butterscotch Pudding, Simple Comforts from Sur La Table lives up to its title.

Inside a giftable trim package, 50 recipes are presented alongside full-color photographs and detailed instructions. Savory and sweet recipes include everything from breads and muffins to soups and stews, sandwiches, main courses, side dishes, and desserts. Dish up a dose of comfy goodness with Simple Comforts.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Sur La Table is the trusted authority when it comes to all things cooking related. Sur La Table entices aficionados and curious beginners alike with its amazing selection of cookware, bakeware, tools, cookbooks, and cooking school programs designed to make any cook's life easier. They have coauthored nine cookbooks including The Art and Soul of Baking (2008), which received the 2009 IACP Cookbook Award for Baking, was chosen by Gourmet magazine as a book club selection, and was nominated for 2009 baking book of the year by the James Beard Foundation. Baking Kids Love (2009) was also nominated for a 2010 IACP Cookbook Award for Kids/Family Cookbooks. The original store and headquarters are in Seattle, Washington.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 144 pages
• Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing (September 28, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0740793519
• ISBN-13: 978-0740793516
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 6.9 x 0.7 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,004,135 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Great little cookbook May 30, 2012

By Cupcake808

Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase

I was only recently introduced to SLT. I absolutely love their cookbooks and their store which I visited when I was in NYC. My first cookbook was their baking book, which is fabulous, so I decided to try this one out as well. I didn't realize that the book would be so tiny, but it's still a great book. The recipes I've made have all been very good. Some do require a bit more work than I'd like, but the results are very good so I usually feel that they end up being worth the time and effort spent.

One of the things I like most about SLT and Williams-Sonoma cookbooks is that they always have loads of picures - almost one picture for every recipe. While this may be trivial to some, I find myself most often using cookbooks that have pictures in them since they're what inspire me to actually make the recipe. I have a few Bon Appetit and Cook's Illiustrated cookbooks, but I find that I don't use them as often as I thought I would because there aren't many pictures. Their recipes are very very good, but with Bon App and CI I have to read through the entire recipe before I decide whether or not I want to make it. With SLT and WS, I take one look at the picture and say, "this looks fantastic. I'm making it!" I really wish SLT would come out with more cookbooks.

I typically avoid stocking up on cookbooks and tend to borrow from the library or visit websites such as WS and SLT for recipes to avoid having shelves of dust collectors, but the SLT and WS cookbooks are so lovely and useful that I can't seem to stop ordering them even though I can get most recipes for free online.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Cozy & comforting food for the soul March 4, 2012

By Char Neena

Format:Hardcover

Fortunately, there is absolutely no room for guilt when it comes to solace foods. The relaxation and comfort begins during the preparation of these luscious foods. All the dishes, from easy to more time consuming, offer feelings of accomplishment and contentment thanks to their ultimate journey... slowly introduced first through the nose, then into your mouth, across your taste buds and lovingly swallowed where it ends up inside your stomach. Ahhhh!

Comfort can sometimes be cooked up quickly, like the Buttermilk Biscuits or Griddled Cheese Sandwich. Others are best to plan ahead for and commit a few days to the total experience, such as the Beef Stew with Zinfandel and Dried Porcini Sauce or the Herbed Chicken Potpie. The beauty of these foods is that some of them can be put together for one or two on a luxurious chilly stay-at-home Sunday afternoon. Others offer themselves to be shared with a few best friends or family.

The folks at Sur la Table have put together another quintessential cookbook for any of us to dive into. I haven't yet made their Classic Extra-Cheesy Macaroni and Cheese, but my adult sons are going to get this next time they are home for a visit!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Wonderful memories! December 3, 2011

By CuteEverythingcom TOP 1000 REVIEWER

Format:Hardcover

Sur La Table tells us in Simple Comforts that comfort food is "the kind of food that goes right to your soul and gives you a bit of tasty refuge from the stresses of the day." I certainly agree with that! Smells and tastes can easily bring back childhood memories for me and in Simple Comforts many of my favorite classic recipes are upgraded to give them a bit of a new twist. My favorite is the Cinnamon Streusel Sour Cream Coffee Cake, with its moist crumb and sweet spices and my husband loves the Luxuriously Retro Beef Stroganoff with Buttered Noodles. Macaroni and cheese is overflowing with baked cheesy, yummy goodness when cooked in a cast iron pan. And, of course, there are desserts, cookies, brownies, pudding and more. Every single recipe in Simple Comforts had me oohing and ahhing, bringing back wonderful memories and motivating me to get in the kitchen and cook up some comfort.