Katie Lee Joel is one skinny Southern girl who can cook her butt off! After spending time with her and tasting some "Top Chef", food writer for Hamptons Magazineand Gotham, and globe-traveling rock-star wife of Billy Joel, Katie Lee Joel has sampled elaborate creations by the most inventive chefs in the world. And still, nothing beats the dishes prepared in her grandma's kitchen.

In The Comfort Table, Katie Lee presents a mouth-watering assortment of recipes from her childhood spent growing up on a farm in West Virginia--plus some inventive new favorites. Emphasizing local, seasonal, and organic ingredients, these dishes are bursting with flavor and nutrition. Southern staples like fried green tomatoes, chicken and dumplings, peach cobbler, meat loaf (Billy's favorite), and the quinteseential pulled pork BBQ stand side-by-side with contemporary classics like roasted carrot and ginger soup, tarragon-citrus mahi-mahi, and Dijon- and pistachio- crusted rack of lamb. With recipes for appetizers, soups, entrees, side dishes, salads, breads, breakfasts, drinks, and desserts, a wealth of tips, and anecdotes to delight the modern foodie, plus an array of tips for entertaining, The Comfort Table is a comprehensive, unpretentious, refreshingly accessible cookbook for creating unforgettable meals for occasions big and small.