Monday, January 5, 2009

Long Ago in France or 400 Best Comfort Food Recipes

Long Ago in France: The Years in Dijon

Author: MFK Fisher

Long Ago in France is Fisher's exquisitely evocative, deliciously candid memoir of her three-year stay in Dijon. It is a delightful journey backward - in the grandest of company - into the voluptuous, genteel world that has vanished forever.



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400 Best Comfort Food Recipes

Author: Johanna Burkhard


Ideas for foods that are both comforting and delicious.

Everyone has fond memories of recipes that evoke the warmth of home and family and soul-satisfying foods. In 400 Best Comfort Food Recipes, there are satisfying favorites as well as new interpretations for modern comfort food.

Some of these recipes were published in 300 Best Comfort Food Recipes. There are 100 brand new ones that will also be welcome in any home cook's repertoire.

A sampling of the comfort-inspired recipes:


  • Old-fashioned pea soup with smoked ham

  • Meat loaf and mashed potato pie

  • Baked polenta with roasted vegetables

  • Classic scalloped potatoes

  • Fudgy chocolate brownies

  • Buttermilk pancakes with spiced maple apples.



Each recipe is simple and reliable, yet extremely comforting and delicious. Many encourage a make-ahead process to freeze for later use. With recipe shortcuts and serving suggestions throughout, this collection will add a new comfort food tradition in any home.



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