Comments on: A Full Plate: Comfort Food http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/ Insights into my artistic endeavors and other things... Fri, 04 Jul 2008 18:23:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Kate Jacobs Blog» Blog Archive » May 13th, 2008: Thanks Amy http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28771 Kate Jacobs Blog» Blog Archive » May 13th, 2008: Thanks Amy Thu, 22 May 2008 09:18:12 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28771 [...] 13th, 2008: Thanks Amy One of the cool aspects of a Chicago visit is a chance to reconnect with Amy, who is one of my favorite bloggers. Last year, Amy drove all the way from Chicago to Milwaukee to [...] [...] 13th, 2008: Thanks Amy One of the cool aspects of a Chicago visit is a chance to reconnect with Amy, who is one of my favorite bloggers. Last year, Amy drove all the way from Chicago to Milwaukee to [...]

]]> By: Carolyn http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28676 Carolyn Thu, 15 May 2008 15:09:12 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28676 My favorite comfort food is beef stew...with either corn muffins or dumplings. I remember coming home from high school football games (I was in the color guard) and my mom making this stew to warm us up. As an adult, I always made it on cold, dreary days in winter and it's one of my kids' two favorite meals. (The other is chicken and rice, another comfort food from my childhood!) I loved the Friday Night Knitting Club, can't wait to read her next book! My favorite comfort food is beef stew…with either corn muffins or dumplings. I remember coming home from high school football games (I was in the color guard) and my mom making this stew to warm us up. As an adult, I always made it on cold, dreary days in winter and it’s one of my kids’ two favorite meals. (The other is chicken and rice, another comfort food from my childhood!)

I loved the Friday Night Knitting Club, can’t wait to read her next book!

]]> By: Claudia http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28669 Claudia Thu, 15 May 2008 01:47:12 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28669 Book sounds really interesting. I'll have to pick this one up! Book sounds really interesting. I’ll have to pick this one up!

]]> By: Debby http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28665 Debby Wed, 14 May 2008 14:27:06 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28665 Tea is my ultimate comfort but in food terms it's pasta. We're Italian and my grandmother always made pasta whenever something busy or bad happened (someone was in the hospital, etc) or as part of our holiday celebrations. To this day when life is hard, macaroni and butter takes me back to when I was 5 and Grandma could fix all. Tea is my ultimate comfort but in food terms it’s pasta. We’re Italian and my grandmother always made pasta whenever something busy or bad happened (someone was in the hospital, etc) or as part of our holiday celebrations. To this day when life is hard, macaroni and butter takes me back to when I was 5 and Grandma could fix all.

]]> By: Casey http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28643 Casey Tue, 13 May 2008 02:39:05 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28643 I love apple pie! My grandma made the best pie from scratch and whenever I was sick, she'd send my grandpa over with a pie for me! Some kids got popsicles, I got pies. I still love apple pie but I can't eat the frozen kind from the supermarket. Sometimes I get those but I'm always disappointed. It has to have the taste of homemade. My aunt's pies are second best only to my grandma's but she lives a state away. I guess I should start making them myself! I love apple pie! My grandma made the best pie from scratch and whenever I was sick, she’d send my grandpa over with a pie for me! Some kids got popsicles, I got pies. I still love apple pie but I can’t eat the frozen kind from the supermarket. Sometimes I get those but I’m always disappointed. It has to have the taste of homemade. My aunt’s pies are second best only to my grandma’s but she lives a state away. I guess I should start making them myself!

]]> By: Patricia http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28560 Patricia Fri, 09 May 2008 11:25:28 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28560 Thanks for the book review. I am reading the advance copy of the sequel to Chocolat. Speaking of which, i turn to chocolate for comfort. The richer milkier sorts. My favorite is Milka. When the sweet smooth squares melt on my tongue, so do my worries, at least for a while. i am thrilled that Milka is now available in the States. I used to buy cartons and fill my suitcases on my trips home. Thanks for the book review. I am reading the advance copy of the sequel to Chocolat. Speaking of which, i turn to chocolate for comfort. The richer milkier sorts. My favorite is Milka. When the sweet smooth squares melt on my tongue, so do my worries, at least for a while. i am thrilled that Milka is now available in the States. I used to buy cartons and fill my suitcases on my trips home.

]]> By: CC http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28553 CC Fri, 09 May 2008 03:17:08 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28553 My favorite food is Mac and Cheese. I remember making it with my Mom when I was young; and then being the Mom teaching my girls to make it. Now they make it on their own. Besides tasting so good it makes me feel connected to all the Moms before and after me that will share the joy of making it with their kids. My favorite food is Mac and Cheese. I remember making it with my Mom when I was young; and then being the Mom teaching my girls to make it. Now they make it on their own.

Besides tasting so good it makes me feel connected to all the Moms before and after me that will share the joy of making it with their kids.

]]> By: Deborah http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28524 Deborah Wed, 07 May 2008 19:59:50 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28524 Poppyseed chicken! It's a yummy, not-very-good-for-you chicken casserole that my mom used to bring to church potluck suppers. It makes me think of my family and the church that I grew up in. I always serve it with sweet tea and southern style green beans on the side. It makes me feel like I'm back in small town Mississippi - life slows down and we can have a nice visit at the dinner table. Ooh, and my summer comfort food is lemon icebox pie. It's really easy to make, but I still only make it once or twice a summer. It's cool and refreshing, and reminds me of hot, humid summer days back home. Lemon icebox pie just looks pretty, too, and it makes me think of Southern women. Poppyseed chicken! It’s a yummy, not-very-good-for-you chicken casserole that my mom used to bring to church potluck suppers. It makes me think of my family and the church that I grew up in. I always serve it with sweet tea and southern style green beans on the side. It makes me feel like I’m back in small town Mississippi - life slows down and we can have a nice visit at the dinner table. Ooh, and my summer comfort food is lemon icebox pie. It’s really easy to make, but I still only make it once or twice a summer. It’s cool and refreshing, and reminds me of hot, humid summer days back home. Lemon icebox pie just looks pretty, too, and it makes me think of Southern women.

]]> By: Marilyn http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28523 Marilyn Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:45 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28523 In all seasons, my favorite comfort food is homemade soup. It can be a very fancy recipe or just a "clean out the refrigerator" kind...doesn't matter...just warms me all over...body and soul. In all seasons, my favorite comfort food is homemade soup. It can be a very fancy recipe or just a “clean out the refrigerator” kind…doesn’t matter…just warms me all over…body and soul.

]]> By: Lynne http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28522 Lynne Wed, 07 May 2008 19:52:06 +0000 http://amyartisan.com/blog/2008/05/05/a-full-plate-comfort-food/#comment-28522 That sounds like a good story. My favorite comfort food is homemade macaroni and cheese. I rarely make it because it is such an artery clogger, but it always reminds me of my childhood and home. My dad was often traveling or working late, so mom would fix us 'kids' mac and cheese for an early dinner and then she would have dinner with him long after we were asleep in bed. I still love the cheesiness, and crunchy topping. Now that I'm thinking about it I will have to make some Saturday night. That sounds like a good story.

My favorite comfort food is homemade macaroni and cheese. I rarely make it because it is such an artery clogger, but it always reminds me of my childhood and home.

My dad was often traveling or working late, so mom would fix us ‘kids’ mac and cheese for an early dinner and then she would have dinner with him long after we were asleep in bed.

I still love the cheesiness, and crunchy topping. Now that I’m thinking about it I will have to make some Saturday night.

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