comfort food

32 Comfort Food Dishes From Around The World

We search around the globe for hearty winter dishes
Dec 26, 2012 10:01 am

There's a time to eat healthy, to count calories and increase your vegetable intake and all that. That time is coming soon enough. Actually, next week, for many of us start-the-year-righters. But for now, we want Swedish meatballs,  enchiladas, fried chicken — truly savory dishes that hit the spot. Here are 32 recipes for uncomplicated, surefire comfort food that will get you through these last few days of 2012.

Last-Minute Pasta Dishes for Christmas Eve

Comforting pasta recipes before the big day
Dec 24, 2012 3:01 pm

We've rounded up a few of our most popular pasta dishes for a comforting, low-key dinner before the ham hits the oven. Just think of it in gift-giving terms: you give the ham a nice coat of glaze. You give your stomach more room to accomodate it. And in return, you recieve some seriously delicious holiday food. And if you've been a good boy, leftovers.

6 Ideas For Dinner Tonight, Starring Duck

Recipes for duck — perfect for cold weather
Dec 5, 2012 1:01 pm

Fall-to-winter is a great season for duck. Not only are they in season, they're more delicious than chicken (go ahead, argue with us) and contain some of the most precious fat on earth. No, it's not truffle oil. Check out our 6 favorite duck recipes and enjoy — before you know it, it'll be wabbit season. 

8 Ideas For Dinner Tonight: Hearty Pasta Dishes

Recipes for stuffed shells, carbonara, linguine
Dec 3, 2012 4:01 pm

There's nothing like tucking into a big bowl of pasta for dinner...unless it's a big bowl of pasta you've eaten a million times before. Check out our 8 suggestions for pasta recipes tonight, from simple stuffed shells to a complex deconstructed pork belly lasagna with peach-spiked sauce. That jar of Ragu is quivering in the pantry. 

7 Ideas For Dinner Tonight, Starring Caramelized Onions

Sweet, sticky onions make a great dinner grand
Nov 27, 2012 1:01 pm

What's more beautiful than a pan full of freshly caramelized onions just waiting to enrich a cold-weather meal with its awesome goodness? Absolutely nothing, that's what. Just start with our our foolproof method for caramelizing onions and try out any of these recipes that would be significantly less awesome without the rich, buttery flavor of our favorite "tagalong" ingredient.

Potato-Parsnip Mash Recipe

A recipe for creamy mashed potatoes with parsnips
Nov 16, 2012 5:01 pm
potato and parsnip mash recipe
Photo: jules:stonesoup on Flickr

While there's nothing wrong with a great classic mashed potato recipe (like, say, ours), I love the way parsnips blend right in alongside, taking nothing away and adding its own sweet, slightly tangy, delicate flavor. Best of all, you can cook the parsnips and the garlic right along in the pot with the potatoes.

6 Ideas For Dinner Tonight: Homemade Burgers And Buns

These great grilled burgers are always in season
Nov 14, 2012 6:14 pm

Remember Burgers and Fries Week? That wonderful time of the summer when you literally couldn't imagine a better smell than burgers grilling over an open flame, spiked lemonade at the ready? Well it's late fall, which is cold. That's the bad news. The good news is that's no reason not to break out the cast-iron or grill pan, bring the ketchup and mustard to room temperature (hey, burger-crafting is an art) and bake up a batch of our signature homemade burger buns. Also, you have to make your own patties. That's the rule. 

Caramelized Onion And Prosciutto Macaroni and Cheese Recipe

A recipe for mac 'n cheese with crispy prosciutto
Nov 13, 2012 4:01 pm
macaroni and cheese with prosciutto
Photo: Gabi Porter

For some, it's just not Thanksgiving until a steaming casserole dish of homemade macaroni and cheese hits the table. I'm one of those people. We didn't always have mac and cheese on our Thanksgiving table until my "helpful suggestions" turned into "even more helpful making of the mac and cheese the day before." This year's recipe features caramelized onions and crispy prosciutto. 

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