Home-spun recipes for America's favorite foods Roll up your shirtsleeves, don your apron, and prepare to enjoy your favorite recipes. In these pages, celebrated cookbook author Rick Rodgers takes you on a delicious journey featuring the best of American comfort food. Over 100 nostalgic dishes are brought to life through mouthwatering photography and engaging personal tales, bringing endless inspiration for every meal, whether morning, noon, or night. A stack of blueberry pancakes drizzled with syrup, a creamy dish of mac and cheese, hearty spaghetti and meatballs, old-fashioned buttermilk fried chicken, warm peach cobbler with a scoop of vanilla ice cream--no matter what your idea of the ultimate comfort food is, you will discover it in this enticing collection of over 125 recipes for the most treasured American dishes.      For celebrated cookbook author Rick Rodgers, comfort food is all about nostalgic indulgences shared with family and friends. From hearty beef stew to baked ziti with sausage to a towering slice of lemon meringue pie, Rick shares his enthusiasm through personal tales and recipes for hearty, luscious foods that will take you back to childhood.      The rich assortment of recipes in Comfort Food covers every meal throughout the day--breakfast, lunch, supper, and of course, dessert. Beautiful color photography, engaging personal tales, and the story behind each delicious dish will soon have you cooking all the foods you remember from the past.