I used to have a subscription to Saveur magazine, but I realized I was (like usual with cooking magazines) just looking at the pictures/drooling and never making a recipe or reading an entire article. So way back in the spring when this cookbook came out I thought I didn’t need it. I was wrong. This cookbook is exactly what I needed to get me inspired in the kitchen again. There are the same great food photos and interesting anecdotes as I found in the magazine, but the careful selection of recipes to include as “New” comfort food is just right. There aren’t too many heavy, cream-bloated dishes like can sometimes be found in a comfort food cookbook. Instead there is a wonderful mix of familiar and exotic with plenty of fresh twists on old classics. I’ve already made the Chicken Paprikash and the Eggs Poached in Spicy Tomato Sauce – so delicious! I highly recommend this cookbook. ~Lillian