Tis the Season for Comfort Food!
by oliviabee
It's getting cold outside! It's the perfect time of year to indulge in some decadent and comforting recipes! Fortunately, the library offers many delicious cookbooks for all your favorite comfort food fixings. Here's some great ones to check out this winter:
Are you are a soup lover? If so, look no further than Cook's Illustrated all-time best soups. The chefs at America's Test Kitchen chose the best and most delectable recipes to include. The recipes cover a diverse spectrum of soup flavors for all taste buds and skill levels. In it's weeknight wonders section, it's got classics like hearty chicken noodle soup and turkey chili. It also consists of other eclectic soups like caldo verde soup, a Spanish soup with potatoes, sausage and kale which is easy enough to make on a weeknight but still allows you to try something different. If you're feeling worldly, check out the around the world section for Italian wedding soup. My favorite was the modern vegetable soup section which consists of elevated classic soup recipes like roasted red pepper soup with smoked paprika or Provencal vegetarian soup inspired from France. It's got something yummy for every soup lover.
If you're looking for some southern comfort, Melba Wilson's cookbook Melba's American Cookbook is an excellent choice. One of Melba's most acclaimed dishes is her fried chicken and she has a whole section in her book to suit your fried chicken fancy. However, her breakfast and brunch section is the most impressive. It's filled with many comforting recipes! She includes quick and easy dishes such bacon and cheese (asiago) scones. One of my favorite recipes is her eggnog waffles. It's perfect for holiday time if you're feeling festive! She makes her eggnog from scratch and tops it with homemade strawberry butter.
I'd recommend 101 one-dish dinners : hearty recipes for the dutch oven, skillet, and casserole pan to anyone! If you're not up on what's trendy in the home cook world, it's all about one dish dinners. All you need is a dutch oven, casserole dish, sheet pan or skillet. This makes dinner quick and easy with minimal clean up! The recipes in this book don't skimp on the savory comfort foods from skillet chicken pot pie to lemon cream chicken with artichokes and potatoes.
Enjoy!
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