A Cup of Comfort Cookbook: Favorite Comfort Foods to Warm Your Heart and Lift Your Spirit (Paperback)

~ (Author), Colleen Sell (Author)

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Product Description

Recipes to please our palates, stories to lift our spirits

These days, it seems that people are craving "comfort food" more than ever before. In this world of constant change and confusion, nothing says comfort more eloquently or universally than sharing lovingly prepared food in the security of a home and in the pleasant company of family and friends. A Cup of Comfort Cookbook is filled to the brim with comfort food recipes and memories collected from people from across the country. In this friendly and delightful illustrated cookbook, people just like you share their simple and delicious favorite foods and beverages along with the stories, memories, and family traditions that surround them.

Features a treasure-trove of classic and creative recipes, including:

-Red Bean and Pasta Soup

-Coconut Shrimp

-Potato Salad à la Grieco

-Grandma Vee’s Meatballs and Gravy

-Chicken Pot Pie

-Allie’s Macaroni and Cheese

-Roasted Turkey and Southern Cornbread Dressing

-Aunt Judy’s Pot Roast

-Crisp Potato Pancakes (Latkes)

-Super-buttery Mashed Redskin Potatoes

-Monster Zucchini Mash

-Texas Brownie Sheet Cake

Filled with heartwarming recipes, uplifting stories of preparing and "breaking bread" with the folks we hold dear, treasured photos of family and friends-and sprinkled with a charming collection of inspiring quotes, poems, and "old cook’s tips"-A Cup of Comfort Cookbook is a book to be savored time and time again and passed down from generation to generation.

About the Author

Jay Weinstein, a professional chef and food writer, is a food commentator for National Public Radio. He is the author of The Everything® Vegetarian Cookbook. He lives in New York City.

Colleen Sell, the editor of the bestselling A Cup of Comfort series, lives on a forested retreat in the Pacific Northwest, where she cooks up comforting foods for family and friends, and spins tales of truth and fancy.

Product Details

• Paperback: 360 pages
• Publisher: Adams Media Corporation; First Printing edition (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1580627889
• ISBN-13: 978-1580627887
• Product Dimensions: 8 x 7 x 1.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,121,720 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recipes for the Soul and Spirit, November 26, 2002

By	Dera R Williams (Oakland, CA United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Step into comfort food that is not only satisfying to the palate but soothes the soul and spirit. This book is especially endearing at this time of year when one turns to thoughts of cooking special food when coming together with loved ones.

I had the pleasure of hearing Lynn Ruth Miller's humorous story about her mother's Hanukkah blintzes at a reading in Oakland where I was also on the panel as a contributor to another book in the Cup of Comfort series. So much goes into the preparation of food than just ingredients. These recipes reflect the history, family lore, adventures, culture and of course the doses of love that are necessities in good food.

My daughter was flipping through the book checking out recipes for Thanksgiving and was constantly reading out loud the anecdotes and heartfelt stories. Dutch Breakfast Bread and Abuelita's Rice Pudding are just two examples of the richness of recipes and stories in this contribution. These recipes offer a pinch of faith, a dash of strength, a tablespoon of love and a cup of comfort, a gift to America.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Spirit-lifting, heart-warming, anxiety-smoothing eating, March 8, 2003

By	Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

Compiled by Jay Weinstein (a professional chef, food writer, and food commentator for National Public Radio), A Cup Of Comfort Cookbook showcases a culinary wealth of "comfort food" recipes suitable for all occasions. From Butternut Soup; Batter-Fried Zucchini Sticks; Crisp Potato Pancakes; and Curried Chicken Salad; to Original Iowa Pumpkin Bread; Spicy Stuffed Comfort Potatoes; Grandma Gertrude's Apple Fritters; Lacy Pecan Cookies; and Decadent Hot Cocoa, A Cup Of Comfort Cookbook offers easy-to-make, appetite satisfying, spirit-lifting, heart-warming, anxiety-smoothing eating that is both nutritious and delicious.