The Comfort Table

The Comfort Table
by Katie Lee Joel

The Comfort Table
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Author: Katie Lee Joel
Foreword: Paula Deen
Photographer: Miki Duisterhof
Edition: Hardcover
Published: 2008-04-01
ISBN: 141694835X
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Simon Spotlight Entertainment

Book Reviews of The Comfort Table

Book Review: This one's a beauty
Summary: 4 Stars

I must admit, I think I would have hated Katie Lee Joel in high school. She's stunning, and she includes 40 photos of her gorgeous self in this cookbook. I couldn't figure out how an oh-so-young model-type would warrant her own beautifully produced cookbook of yummy but essentially easy recipes. I looked closer at a photo of her with who I assumed was her dad, a gray-bearded baldie. Is that... Billy Joel? Ahhh, I see. She is Mrs. Billy Joel.

The book has chapters on starters, salads, soups, entrees, side dishes, breads, breakfasts, desserts and drinks, plus a section with tips on entertaining. A foreword by Paula Deen starts things off (she also contributes her recipe for Grandmother Paul's Red Velvet Cake). Especially good recipes include the peach cobbler, cinnamon rolls and roasted tomato soup. Nothing is too fancy or difficult, and there is a photo of the recipe on every second or third page spread.

The other wife-of-celebrity cookbook I bought recently is Deceptively Delicious by Jessica Seinfeld. I love it, and use it all the time. Jessica doesn't have any glamour-girl photos in her cookbook, just some line drawing cartoons of her and her kids and husband Jerry. I get the feeling Jessica and I would have felt the same way about Katie Lee in the ninth grade. Meow.

Summary of The Comfort Table

Nothing is more comforting than a home-cooked meal. And the best home cooking starts with fresh ingredients found close to home with foods that are local, seasonal, and organic. Raised in her grandmother's Southern kitchen, Katie Lee Joel comes from a "family of great cooks and big eaters." And she knows exactly what appeals to the home cook: recipes that are delicious, easy to follow, quick to prepare, and made with readily available seasonal ingredients.

In The Comfort Table, Katie dips into her archive of family recipes and updates all the classics from her childhood growing up in West Virginia, and also creates some inventive new favorites. This mouthwatering assortment of more than 125 recipes includes Southern staples like Fried Green Tomatoes, Chicken and Dumplings, Peach Cobbler, Meatloaf, and the quintessential Pulled Pork BBQ, which stand alongside contemporary classics like Roasted Carrot and Ginger Soup, Citrus-Tarragon Mahi-Mahi, and Dijon and Pistachio-Crusted Rack of Lamb.

But The Comfort Table is about more than just good old-fashioned home cooking. It's about sharing delicious, healthful meals -- made with love -- for friends and family. Katie's rich assortment of recipes for starters, salads, soups, entrees, side dishes, breads, breakfast, desserts, and drinks, is accompanied by entertaining tips and anecdotes to delight the modern foodie. The Comfort Table is a comprehensive, unpretentious, refreshingly accessible guide to creating unforgettable meals for occasions big and small.

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