Katie Lee Joel, the sweetest Southern belle of cooking, fills your table with easy-to-do comfort foods. Is there a bigger 'foodie' than Katie Lee Joel? I doubt it! The Comfort Table allows all of us to truly understand and realize Katie's appreciation (and hunger) for all things edible, especially the cherished recipes handed down to her from family. Katie's warmth and generous spirit comes shining through in this beautiful book; the dishes are easy to replicate and so delicious.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.
When 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 and cinnamon rolls. Nothing is too fancy or difficult, and there is a photo of the recipe on every second or third page spread.Win it!
Link to this post on your blog, and then comment here with your link. If you don't have a blog you can still win!
Just leave a comment. Here's what I want to know:
What is your favorite family recipe?
If you'd like to post that recipe on your blog, we'd love for you to share it with us.
Giveaway starts today Monday June 2.
Please include a valid email address for our drawing. (Blog not required for entry). We’ll draw the winner from the comments and contact her via email.
Deadline: June 6, 2008 (midnight).
The winner will have 24 hours to claim her prize or a new winner
will be chosen.
NOTE** Please leave your email in your comment if it is not on your profile. Otherwise I have no way of contacting you if you win.
109 comments:
My kids love the simplests meal I can possibly make! It's a boneless beef roast I sprinkle with a packet of Lipton Onion Soup Mix. 300 degrees for 3 hours in a Pyrex covered with foil, the house smells amazing, and the meat is fork-tender. Go figure! I spend hours cooking intricate meals and that's what they clamor for. cdziuba@aol.com
My favorite family recipe is my chicken soup because my husband and kids really love it. vidomich@yahoo.com
Wow, what a great item to have a shot at winning.
My favorite family recipe from home is my mom's fried pork chops....to this day I have not mastered her art of making them just perfect.
For the kids they love moms homemade chicken strips and lasagna. Simple meals really.
My email is:
sassylucylootoo(at)yahoo(dot)com
Spaghetti and meatballs. The only thing I do differently is drain some of the grease off. I guess mom won't mind. Loved you on top chef, BTW.
Chicken and rice casserole.
iluv2pray@gmail.com
My family loves tater tot casserole, and it doesn't get any easier than that. Take 1 1/2 lbs. of ground chuck, mix in 1/4 c onion flakes, garlic salt, pepper, 1 c tomato sauce, 1 egg, 1 c oatmeal & mix together. Pat into a 9 x 13 pan, top with a bag of tater tots, 2 cans of cheddar cheese soup. Bake about an hour & voila, supper!
Brisket...slow cooked and cheesy potatoes with raw veggie salad. I loved your recipes in the latest Home Journal and have tried two of them already,,,delicius. Would love the opportunity to try more...TY Jana mrsprix@msn.com
My family loves my homemade lasagna.
"Rice-a-Roni Meatballs" were a favorite family dish growing up. They are simply large meatballs made up of a mixture of ground beef, chick, or turkey and beef rice a roni. Put them in a high-sided skillet and simmer them in broth. They are wonderful!
My family's favourite dish of all time was "MOCK DUCK" with Yorkshire Puddings, Roast Potatoes and veggies.
Mock Duck is a rolled, stuffed, seared and roasted Flank Steak that makes its own base for gravy. (its roasted in a cast iron pan)
Now I'm hungry lol
anne_c_taylor@hotmail.com
My family loves Tuna Noddle Casserole! Heres the link to my blog post on the contest.
http://samsakara.blogspot.com/2008/06/sunflowers-in-kitchen-contest.html
samsakara@twcny.rr.cm
My favorite family recipe is my mother's fried chicken and potato salad. Summer isn't summer without'em.
My mom has a recipe for devil's food cake that has been passed down from generation to generation which is out of this world!
I grew up in a family with 6 younger siblings. Each one of us has something special we loved. mine was a quiche with spinach adn Knorr Leek soup mix. One of my sisters loved lemon squares and to this day it is still her favorite treat.
msgb@myway.com
I love making up a rice dish made up by my family. my boys love it and I can always count on them eating it.
Platt
neneelynn@yahoo.com
Our favorite family recipe is my mom's shrimp and pasta salad. My whole family loves it. It is super easy to make too. Cook 2lbs macaroni,drain and cool, add 1 package frozen cooked shrimp (tails removed, thawed), two cans sliced black olives (drained), 1-8 oz pkg of cheddar cheese cut into small cubes and 1=16 oz bottle of miracle whip. Season with salt & pepper and refrigerat for 4 hours before serving.
olive oil/ onion Chicken I love it I use lipton onion soup mix and olive oil to bake the chicken
Hello! Our family enjoys a lot of meals cooked in part with a crock pot! My husband makes several marinades for the meat or chicken and after browning, continues the process in the crock pot. Lovely giveaway!
Please enter me in your drawing. I appreciate it.....Thanks,Cindi
jchoppes[at]hotmail[dot]com
I am a cookbook addict, and just finished five individual family cookbooks with recipes and memories. I included my mother's chocolate pudding AKA grandma's comfort food. We had to reconstruct the recipe because she never measured. Love this title, mine was Blessing Around Our Table. blackford56@yahoo.com
I love Sausage and Lentil homemade soup-great on a cold winter day!
Elaine R
emrosser@shaw.ca
Our favorite family recipes are chicken soup and meatbslls in tomato sauce.
My favorite thing to bake as a child was Oatmeal Raisin Cookies for my Daddy. They were the most moist cookie ever...you boil the raisins and use the juice in the batter. They never get hard...and you can't eat just one! See my blog for the recipe!
My Grandmother's wedding soup is simply the best ever. My Mom still makes it and we all love it. Thanks for the chance to win.
We love steak, chicken or salmon soaked in Yoshidas and diet coke over night and then grilled. The diet coke makes the meat tender.
Grandma's coffee cake
My mom makes a fried twisted pastry called Kliners every Christmas. They taste wonderful with coffee.
Good Ol'Gumbo does the trick for us especially on a winter day with football on the TV!
My mom made the best Pasty in the world
My favorite family recipe is my mom's tuna bake.
carissaad at aol dot com
I make a sort of white pizza with whole wheat dough, olive oil, garlic, and parmesean & mozzerella cheese. We dip it in marinara. An easy meal we all love.
Brunswick Stew...if I shared it..I would..well you know! I feel Granny looking over my shoulder..don't worry Granny,..I won't tell!
My moms spaghetti sauce - she makes it for my birthday dinner every year!
Tarah
fireball351c AT yahoo DOT com
my gram's chicken a la king
my mother-in-law's pasta with her homemade sauce, it is just delicious.
Sherri
beachcombermom2004@yahoo.com
Our family favorite is my meatballs.
hafner611 {AT} gmail {DOT} com
My mother's macaroni salad.
What is your favorite family recipe? Blueberry Kugel!!!!! YUM!!!!!!!!
my family loves my home made mac and cheese. I know I do too
Little did I know that when my wife asked me to put two shelves at the end of the island that she wanted to fill them with cookbooks. Please and thank you.
My family's favorite thing to eat is my spaghetti Bolognese made from scratch. Including the pasta made from scratch, absolutely delicious!
Thanks for the great giveaway!
ann dot guns at mac dot com
My favorite family recipe is chicken and dumplings. I keep trying to make it like my mom, but it never comes out right. When she visits, I make her make it for me.
Fish tacos! My kids hate spicy things, but they beg for these! Weirdos!
My family's favorite recipe is cream cheese brownies. Take a regular german choc cake mix in a sheet cake pan, then spread in cream cheese, sugar, & choc chips - delicious!
byubabe14 at yahoo dot com
One of our favorite receips was my mothers rice hotdish.
My family loves most anything I cook in my slow-cooker. One favorite is a pork roast with tomatoes, onions and a jalepeno. Not too spicy but fabulous flavor. Thanks for offering this.
~Tanya
the4moyers(at)msn(dot)com
My entire family loves my taco dip, it really is more like a meal than an appitizer, I get asked to make it for every family function, also on mom nights out, my husband's co-workers request it for work functions, it has become my signature dish. Last year instead of a birthday cake my oldest daughter wanted a mini taco dip.
The recipe can be found on my recipe blog, just go to my main one and click on the link for Good Eats, sweet Treats & Eye Candy.
My favorite family recipe is for pasta with chicken in a cream sauce. You can make it fast with rotisserie chicken, good cream (not grocery store cream) mushrooms and pasta. I vary it with brocolli or whatever else strikes my fancy.
Whoops! I forgot to add my e-mail address robinetteco at gmail dot com
My favorite family recipe is my mom's lasagna- we have it at almost every holiday, and it was the first meal i had about an hour after my son was born. I'm still working on mastering the sauce, but I love it.
My favorite family recipe is my moms banana pudding. She refuses to give me the recipe because she knows its what keeps me coming home:)
I would love to win this cookbook. I am from the south and live on comfort food! Thanks for teh giveaway!
carlyharrell@yahoo.com
Homemade lasagna is a big hit in my house.
I am from the south and nothing beats my Grandma's biscuits and gravy made with sausage drippings. That says Sunday morning to me!
theholstkids at yahoo dot com
Green chicken enchilada (martha Stewart recipe)
Right now, it seems like the little ones only want soup and grilled cheese sandwiches.
egreca [at] hotmail [dot] com
Fried catfish with corn bread is my fav, but my famil friends love my chili and my jambalaya!
jenni_aja at hotmail dot com
My family loves my chicken casserole
I love cooking, my family loves it when I make something as simple as mashed potatoes and fried chicken..
I have a brownie recipe I got from my mother that my family loves
tiramisu392 (at) yahoo.com
My favorite family recipe is my sister's spicy gravy meatball (we don't actually have an official name for them). Everyone insists she makes them for every special occasion. And if she doesn't...she has to hear about it.
I also posted a link to your giveaway on my blog.
I love hot and spicy chicken thighs. I marninade them in franks buffalo wing sauce. Put in the oven at 400 degrees for half an hour. my boyfriend eats four helpings of that!
I love the sugared pecans that we make for the holidays!
dakotakaylee@comcast.net
We just had Eclair cake for a birthday, so right now that's my favorite :)
khmorgan_00 at yahoo dot com
I posted my pasta and sicilian meatsauce recipe on my blog:
http://mommyland512.blogspot.com/2008/06/my-home-made-spaghetti-recipe.html
Great giveaway, thanks!
Guacammole, really simple, for each person one avocado, and one for the bowl. For each avocado, 1/4 teaspon sour cream, 1/8 teaspoon garlic salt, 1 teaspoon hot sauce (we use Pace chunky) and three drops lemon juice. Mash together. Serve with chips, more hot sauce, chopped cilantro, diced onion, diced tomato, cheese shreds (I arrange these arounf the bowl of guacamole). Yumm--goes fast!
My favorite is pot roast. It is easy to make and very good.
Nanette
nanoart@yahoo.com
Boiling a couple of pieces of chicken and chopping up some veggies for a quesadilla... using a quesadilla maker! I think I got it for like $20 at Kohls and Hubby LOVES it. He wants 'em at least one a week! Easy enough for me :)
Pasta Ceci .... basically a light tomato soup w/ pasta and ceci beans (chick peas)
My favorite family recipe is called Roman Supper. It's basically spaghetti noodles layered with meat sauce then cottage cheese and then mozzarella. Repeat the layers and top with parmesan cheese. Bake at 350 about 30 minutes or until heated through and cheese is bubbly. Delicious!
doot65[at]comcast[dot]net
Beef tenderloin
theyyyguy@yahoo.com
I make a mean Dirty Rice!
I think the recipe that everyone in our family likes is my sister's chocolate chip oatmeal cookies. They are bigger than a fist, and one cookie will last you about a week. :-)
My favorite family recipe is my grandmother's egg balls. She is 100% Italian and she said that when she was little and you couldn't have meat on Fridays, this is what they made in leu of meatballs. I don't have the exact recipe, but the ingrediants are grated parmesean cheese, eggs, and breadcrumbs. You drop them by the tablespoon in boiling tomatoe sauce and then serve. They have a spongy consistancy and I could eat a million of them. These are great for vegetarians!
renee
penguinchick@comcast.net
I love homemade egg noodles with pot roast. A family tradition and family favorite.
hot dog & potato soup
Mom's Banana Bread!
jaydonco1 (at) aol (dot) com
Jerked Chicken Wings
Believe it or not, chopped liver.
we love making pizzas together because we can put whatever on them we want and its lots of fun spending quality time together :)
kielbasa skillet meal, thanks
My favorite was my grandma's kielbasa soup with tomatoes, onions and carrots... mmmmmm.
alleensantana @ yahoo.com
We love the spam in which we make designer faces with cheese, tomato, lettuce onion, mayo, mustard, pickles and olives. Thanks Sarah W.
My family loves my Italian Soup receipe. It is perfect on a cooler day and it is a nice spin on plain tomato soup. Extra good with a little cheese on top!
Homemade macaroni and cheese.. nothing like good comfort food.
My favorite family recipe is Chicken and Dumplings.
I love making chicken and dumplings...it's one of the few things you can make that feeds as many people as want it. You just keep adding more dumplings as needed!
Cheesy Dill Steaks is our favorite!
My favorite family recipe is my mother-in-laws shrimp curry. It is delicious.
pintolinda@hotmail.com
My favorite family recipe is homemade Italian raviolis and meatballs!!
tangie
chefdaddy79@yahoo.com
My Grammas bananna Pudding
My family always liked the simplest meals. Pot roast in the slow cooker, mashed potatoes with gravy and any fresh vegetable would disappear in a flash.
willitara(at)gmail(dot)com
great meals
The simplest meals are the best...like Baked Spaghetti paired with a green salad and finished with a piece of rhubarb cake topped with a dollop of whipped cream.
My favorite family recipe is actually a breakfast recipe. I make it for special occassions for the kids. Birthdays, first day of school, last day of school, or any other reason to celebrate. I make Gingerbread Pancakes with Lemon Sauce. They love these pancakes and have ate them since they were about 3 years old.
My children's most favorite meal has to be my chicken pot pie. I cook the chicken,shred it,and use the broth added to butter and flour to make a thickened sauce. I sautee onions,celery,carrots,and pieces of potato. I stir in frozen peas. I use a simple refrigerated pie crust to make the crust. The thing that gets them to eat it in the first place is the fact that I take the 2nd crust in the box and cut out shapes depending on the season or occassion to put on top of the pie. They really get a kick out of it and really enjoy eating it!!!
I don't have a favorite recipe, guess I really need this book! I did blog here ~ http://momcontests.blogspot.com/2008/06/win-comfort-table.html
My Mom's bread pudding....totally delic!
My family's favorite recipe is for my potato salad - and you know what? There's really no recipe! It turns out every time!
I have my great grandmother's recipe for popcorn syrup for popcorn balls which I love and now my kids love it too and insist that I make it several times during the Christmas holiday.
I have my great grandmother's recipe for popcorn syrup for popcorn balls which I love and now my kids love it too and insist that I make it several times during the Christmas holiday.
My favorite family recipe is Southern Fried Chicken. garrettsambo@aol.com
I have made Lasagne Napoli for over 43 years and my family loves it just much today as back then.
All my meals are simple - ususally made in the crock pot. My favorite is making roasts because they are so easy, nutritious and taste great.
Honestly, the favorite around our house is fettuccine Alfredo. We make it once a week, or I should say I make it. Not so great for the waistline :)
ckbruce@sbcglobal.net
My family loves my Swiss steak served with "real" mashed potatoes (I NEVER use instant!). Another favorite is my fried pork chops -- it is all in the seasoning! Did I mention my beef - vegetable soup that has everything but the kitchen sink in it? Oh, and don't forget my hearty beef stew -- or fresh green beans cooked with bacon and new potatoes. I'm going to have to go to the store in the morning because I have made myself hungry! Thanks for the chance to win!
my family loves my chicken and dumplings, especially in the winter time.
My favorite home recipe is potato salad. I add fresh chopped chicken, peas, carrots and dill pickles. Everyone loves it in my family.
kathleenyohanna@hotmail.com
Pumpkin Bars Recipe
Description: Great as a dessert or snack.
Ingredients:
2 cups flour
2 tsp. baking powder
2 tsp. cinnamon
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
4 eggs, beaten
1- 16 oz. can pumpkin
1 1/3 cup sugar
1 cup cooking oil
Preparation Directions:
Pre-heat oven to 350 degrees.
Combine beaten eggs, pumpkin, sugar and oil, beating until well mixed.
Add dry ingredients, and mix together until smooth.
Spread batter into an ungreased baking pan (15" X 10" X 1")
Bake in oven for 25-35 minutes.
Cool and frost with cream cheese frosting.
Cream Cheese Frosting:
1. Beat together the ingredients below until light and fluffy:
1- 3 oz.. package of cream cheese
1/4 cup margarine
1 teaspoon vanilla.
2. Add 2 cups powdered sugar, beating until smooth.
3. Spread cream cheese frosting over cooled cake.
4. Sprinkle with chopped nuts.
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