<b>A definitive collection of over 100 tantalizing recipes—including homey potpies, baked pastas, and rich chocolate desserts, as well as lighter yet equally delicious salads, starters, and sides—for comfort food lovers everywhere.</b><BR><BR>Over 100 nostalgic recipes and new favorites are brought to life through mouthwatering photography. From meaty ribs slathered with barbecue sauce to a slice of lemon meringue pie, these luscious foods will take you back to childhood. You’ll find all the over-the-top dishes that you crave—oven-baked mac and cheese, beer-battered onion rings, devil’s food layer cake—as well as recipes that are just as flavorful and comforting but a little lighter like BLT sandwiches, panini with grilled vegetables, crab louis salad, and pancetta-wrapped scallops, and apple granola crisp.<BR> <BR> Sample recipes include:<BR> The Cobb<BR>Warm Spinach and Bacon Salad<BR>Egg Salad Sandwich<BR>Grilled Cheese and Creamy Tomato Soup<BR>Deviled Eggs<BR>Calamari with Spicy Marinara<BR>Fried Green Tomatoes<BR>Chicken Piccata<BR> Chicken and Dumplings<BR>Chicken Enchiladas Verdes on Gluten Free Corn Tortilla<BR>Cheesy Mushroom Risotto<BR>Real Sloppy Joes<BR>Shrimp and Grits<BR>Hearty Beef Stew<BR>Roasted Root Vegetables with Thyme<BR>Mac and Cheese<BR>Old-Fashioned Potato Salad<BR>Buttermilk Biscuits<BR>Apple Pie<BR>Lemon Meringue Pie with Graham Cracker Crust<BR>Devil's Food Cake with Marshmallow Frosting<BR>Caramel Bread Pudding