COMFORT By Yotam Ottolenghi

After the horrendous Election results, we all need a little comfort food to help us cope. Yotam Ottolenghi’s new cookbook, Comfort, supplies plenty of delicious recipes to lift our spirits.

One of my favorite comfort foods is soup. I tried the “Pea and Ham Soup” on page 55. YUM!

My other go-to Comfort food is cake. I tried the “Chocolate Ripple Fridge Cake” on page 282. Super yummy!

If you’re looking for comfort, this is one book that will supply dozens of great recipes to brighten your day! What’s your favorite comfort food? GRADE: A

Table of Contents:

  • Introduction. — 7
  • Eggs, crêpes, pancakes — 20
  • Soups, dips, spreads — 50
  • Fritters and other fried things — 66
  • Comfort veg — 84
  • Roast chicken and other sheet pan dishes — 118
  • Dals, stews, curries — 154
  • Noodles, rice, tofu — 182
  • Pasta, polenta, potatoes — 198
  • Pies, pastry, bread — 236
  • Sweet things — 270
  • Index — 312
  • Acknowledgements — 318

21 thoughts on “COMFORT By Yotam Ottolenghi

  1. Deb

    Lasagne: although, these days I have to use low carb “noodles” (I like the Palmini brand made with hearts of palm). When it comes to desserts (again, these days, few & far between), I love a good crème brûlée. I love to cook—I find it very relaxing. I suspect I’m going to be cooking a lot in 2025.

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  2. Jeff Meyerson

    That cake looks fabulous. I’m eat it in a minute. I like pea soup too, but Jackie practically leaves the room when I eat it as she hates the smell.

    So many comfort foods it is impossible to pick one. Pizza, ice cream, pretzels, beef stew will give me a nice start. I like thick soups like beef barley.

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    1. george Post author

      Jeff, you and I are on the same page as far as comfort foods go! Diane, like Jackie, has an acute sense of smell so I’m restricted in some of my food choices, too.

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  3. Fred Blosser

    There isn’t enough food in the world to comfort me this week. But I like enchiladas, tacos, oysters, pizza, fish of any kind.

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    1. george Post author

      Fred, Western NY specializes in pizza and chicken wings. There are a dozen first rate pizzerias to supply the comfort needs of the community with Trump in power again.

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  4. Todd Mason

    No sugar added ice cream and baked goods.
    I should do another post on sugarless sodas. A bit like the MONTY PYTHON sketch about a vicar who absorbs a certain liquor, I am the best customer Polar and some other soda lines have…me and the rest of the North America, as two comparable accounts.
    Good apples and pears. Grapes and blueberries. Peanut butter-filled pretzels.
    Macaroni and cheese in small servings.
    Vegetarian chili (I’ve been experimenting with portobello mushrooms of late…works better than artichoke hearts, though the latter do thicken it interestingly) and buttered multigrain bread. Sometimes on brown rice, or with cheddar popcorn as a garnish, or both.

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  5. wolf

    Now you made me hungry again!
    We also cook not only Hungarian food but also Schwab, Italian, Greek, Mexican etc.
    I need to have my wife make Lasagne again (with meat!) and I’ll help with the arrangement and add some green pepper (my favourite!) to the white sauce,

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  6. Jerry+House

    Once upon a time somebody (can’t remember who) marketed peanut butter with bacon. The product did not last long because I think I was the only person who liked it.

    When I was a kid we used to mix molasses with milk instead of chocolate syrup. Cheese and jelly sandwiches were also a favorite. As you can tell, I will eat almost anything. Except lime beans. (Ptah! i spit on lima beans.)

    I love a rich chocolate cake with dark chocolate frosting, but cannot be tempted by donuts or other pastries with chocolate frosting. Speaking of donuts, I really like sugar crullers, but they are impossible to get now because they have to be made by hand and not machines. I miss the old Dunkin’ donuts — the kind with a tumor on the side, but Dunkin’ found it cheaper to stop making them. Didn’t the donuts when you were young taste a lot better than the processed stuff nowadays, George?

    I am also a big fan of whole belly (Ipswich) fried clams, especially if they add just a hint of lemon to the coating.

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    1. george Post author

      Jerry, we have an old-fashioned doughnut shop–Paula’s Donuts–which makes their doughnuts the classic way. You would love them!

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  7. wolf

    Peanut butter???
    Only tried it once as a child …
    Much too salty for ne though I like roasted peanuts.
    A bit OT;
    Peanut creme is not allowed to be sold as “butter” in Germany because it isn’t made from milk.
    And Velveeta is not cheese but had to be declared as Käsezubereitung i e cheese product.

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    1. Todd Mason

      I don’t think Velveeta is allowed to market itself as cheese in the US, either.
      Most peanut butter these days isn’t particularly salty…and that used in candy, even less so. I think apple butter might confuse some German tourists who first encounter its packaging…

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