A delicious, down-home cookbook of all your favorite comfort foods! Over 100 recipes , some sweet and some savory, for today's most beloved, cozy, and nostalgic comfort foods - Breakfast ideas , lunch, dinner, dessert, side dishes, soups, breads, toppings, beverages, and more - Family-friendly favorites including banana bread, Christmas Eve chili, pizza, mac and cheese, chicken noodle soup, lasagna, and many more - Tried-and-true recipes from the author's own restaurant and childhood, as well as a selection of offerings from other chefs - Author Kim Wilcox is the owner of It's All So Yummy in Knoxville, Tennessee, author of The Great Book of Grilled Cheese , and her recipes also appeared in The Ultimate Spam (R) Cookbook Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Macaroni and cheese. Nothing beats a warm, cozy meal that feels like a hug, and Comfort Food Essentials is here to provide you with endless ideas for everyone's favorite kind of food! From breakfast, lunch, and dinner to sides, breads, desserts, and even toppings, this comfort food cookbook features over 100 hearty recipes the whole family is sure to love. These are dishes from the author's own restaurant, as well as family recipes that she has tweaked over the years. She even features a chapter of the favorite comfort food recipes of her chef friends! Packed with recipes like beef stew, meatloaf, chicken salad, sausage gravy, stuffed French toast, beans and rice, and so much more, each all-time favorite, down-home recipe is sure to warm your heart and soul as you gather around the table and dig in! Here is just a small sampling of the many recipes included in this book: Breakfast : Upside-Down Pineapple Pancakes - Baked Eggs Napoleon - Banana Pancakes Breads : Country Cornbread - Savory Pull-Apart Bread - Spiced Rum Fruitcake Pull-Apart Bread Soups : Buffalo Chicken Chili with Cheese Crisps - Cheesy Wild Rice and Mushroom Soup - Old Fashioned Potato Soup Sandwiches : Mexican BLT - Pumpkin Butter Grilled Cheese - Mac and Cheese Toasted Wrap Childhood Comforts : Homemade Lasagna - Scalloped Potatoes and Ham - Taco Pizza Main Dishes : Tomato Pie - Sunday Pot Roast - Open-Faced Sloppy Joes with Cornbread Waffles - Pan-Seared Hot Honey Chicken Thighs Deserts : Pineapple Chiffon Pie - Whiskey Truffles - Creme Brulee - Homemade Triple Chocolate Ice Cream with Hot Fudge Dessert Topping Beverages : Heart-Warming Hot Cocoa - Friendship Tea - Creamy Chocolate Malt - Pumpkin Affogato Special Chef Favorites : East Nashville Chicken & Dumplings by Dean Hitt - Kimchi "Big Mac" with Gochujang Mayo by Brandon Frohne - Hummingbird Cake by Tee Dedrick - Cold Brew with Aggressive Strawberry Cold Foam by Amy and Adam Kennedy and Chad Greenor And much more! Also included is helpful information about the cooking utensils you will need to prepare the dishes, how to make ingredient substitutions, and time-honored cooking tips. Author Kim Wilcox is the owner of the popular family-owned restaurant It's All So Yummy in Knoxville, Tennessee. She is the author of The Great Book of Grilled Cheese and her recipes have also appeared in the wildly popular The Ultimate Spam (R) Cookbook . Make delicious, comforting, warm recipes the whole family will love, with Comfort Food Essentials ! Comfort food is perhaps the only constant in a world of ever-shifting gastronomic trends. Dishes for the heart and soul as much as for body. Kim Wilcox's encyclopedia of feel-good recipes covers all the bases - from utensils, to substitutions, and more - including (of course) a plethora of 'down home' creations to satisfy any mealtime requirement.and any mood. - Quench magazine Satisfy Your Stomach and Your Soul with These Sweet and Savory Dishes Grilled cheese and tomato soup. Meatloaf and mashed potatoes. Macaroni and cheese. Comfort food. People love it, and this cookbook is boiling over with delicious recipes that you can use to create your own. Restaurant owner and author of Great Book of Grilled Cheese: 100+ Recipes for the Ultimate Comfort Food, Soups, Salads, and Sides Kim Wilcox's first chapter in Comfort Food Essentials includes information about the cooking utensils you will need to prepare the dishes, how to make ingredient substitutions, and time-honored cooking tips. The rest of the book is filled with tried-and-true recipes from her restaurant, including breakfast favorites, sweet and savory breads, satisfying soups, hearty sandwiches, childhood comforts, memorable main dishes, delectable desserts, and beloved beverages. She even features a chapter of the favorite comfort food recipes of her chef friends. In this amazing cookbook, you will find plenty of recipes to warm your belly and your heart. Other Recipes Include: Chocolate Chip Pancakes - Banana Bread - Old-Fashioned Potato Soup - Café Style Chicken Salad - Cindy's Tater Tot Casserole - Sunday Pot Roast - Crème Brûlée - Friendship Tea Kim Wilcox is the owner of It's All So Yummy Café in