The Little Big Book of Comfort Food is packed with more than 200 family recipes - simple, direct, tried and true, everyday marvelous cozy food. The best meatloaf, the best roasted chicken, the best apple cranberry crisp, and the best chicken soup.

Comfort food is what you want when you come in from the cold, when you've got a cold, when you want to have an intimate conversation, when you want to get your kids settled down, your husband comforted, or your mom welcomed. It is the coziest macaroni & cheese, the crispiest chocolate chip cookie, the perfect pot roast, and that lemon meringue pie you have never dared to make. With the belief that comfort food is, by its very nature, food that has been passed down through generations, it seemed appropriate to reach out to friends and family across the country.

• Breakfast: From buttermilk pancakes and banana nut waffles to hearty corned beef hash, classic quiche, and fluffy omelets.
  
  
• Lunch and Snacks: From cozy potato leek soup and silky corn chowder to the best egg salad sandwich and cheeseburger with homemade fries.
  
  
• Cookies, Sweets, and Teatime: From the perfect chocolate fudge and sugar cookies to irresistible pumpkin bars and Nana's buttery scones.
  
  
• Dinner: From the best southern fried chicken and chili with cornbread to beef stew, Swedish meatballs, and Mom's no-fail lasagna.
  
  
• Desserts: From heavenly lemon squares and warm berry cobbler to carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, apple crisp, creamy rice pudding, chocolate layer cake, and chocolate pudding.