The Old Farmer's Almanac Comfort Food

Comfort Cooking by award-winning cook and author Ken Haedrich is a collection of timeless recipes made even more appealing with the ingredients and flavors that home cooks and families crave. Here you’ll find dozens of familiar favorites kicked up a notch for today’s tastes. Imagine serving these dishes at your next brunch, potluck supper, or family reunion:

• Cheeseburger Tartlets• Ham & Collard Soup• Steak, Romaine, and Blue Cheese Salad• Bacon-Sautéed Cabbage• Tex-Mex Lasagna• Root Beer-Braised Country Ribs• Foil-Baked Fish & Vegetables• Flourless Chocolate Cake• Peanut Butter Cloud Pie• Rich & Creamy Vanilla Custard　All of the recipes are "made from scratch"—no packaged ingredients here. In each one, Ken, in his inimitable conversational style, guides home cooks through the preparation (sometimes easing clean up!). His clear and thorough directions, as well as time- and money-saving tips, ensure success every time. "If readers encounter any difficulty at all, it will be figuring out which recipes to make first," he says.　Comfort Cooking goes right to the heart of how we really like to eat and should go right into the collection of everyone who really likes to cook.