We received over 300 recipes from our call to the public for comfort
food recipes. Contributors also gave us their heart warming stories
as to what these recipes mean to them.
We began to see that comfort foods are more than good food - they also carry loving messages, and like love, they have many facets.
They can be hot soup on a cold day, great grandmother's biscuits warm from the oven, rice pudding for someone ill, a hearty casserole for someone bereaved, a pot of stew for a new mother, or a thoughtfully chosen meal for friends. In the preparing, serving and sharing, comfort foods connect us with others in a meaningful way; they become part of the "glue" that holds us together.
Six books came to life from the recipes and stories received. Each has its own particular theme, colour and selection of recipes. Each contributor's story preceeds the recipe, and additional comments and anecdotal material appear at the foot of many of the pages.
We hope the Comfort Food Cookbooks are something more than good additions to your recipe collection - it is our wish that they become a means of remembering your connections with others.
Laurana Rayne & Norma Bannerman
Comfort Food for Cold Days
Comfort Food for Families
Comfort Food for Company
Comfort Food with a Heritage
Comfort Food for Sharing,
Caring and Giving
Comfort Food for Congenial Times
All proceeds from the sales of these books will be dedicated to:
- improving the health and quality of life for children and their families.
These funds will be designated by the Calgary Branch members of the
Alberta Home Economics Association.
- initiating other projects that will make a difference in the world through activities of the publisher, Hummingbird Wings.