For some people, images of a Sunday lunch of pot roast come to their minds when they think of comfort foods. The mouth-watering aroma of pot roast emerging from the oven has no equal. Lovingly basted slowly, time and effort are reflected by the finished product. Who can resist the memorable flavor of mixed juices of meat and vegetables that accompany the oven pan? The drippings serve as base for an out-of-this-world type of gravy.

The time it takes to make pot roast is but an ingredient of love in the cooking process. Family members gather around the dining room table to witness the ultimate representation of home cooking and loving. Everyone watches Dad carve out the first slices, and Granddad makes comments about how not to cut the meat. Rover the family dog waits for scraps and gets some if he is lucky. Now, that's real comfort food.

What goes well with a Sunday lunch of pot roast? Home baked bread? Garden green salad? Family secret recipe of gravy? Fresh apple pie that follows the meal for desert? The answer is personal for the individual who is asked that question. No one would disagree that what defines comfort foods is good company with loved ones.

Yahoo! News Search Results for comfort foods
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Cheer up wisely: Comfort foods can be made healthier (Asheville Citizen-Times)
By definition, comfort foods are generally not the healthiest.
Remaking comfort foods: Cheddar and beer soup (South Bend Tribune)
Healthful eating and comfort food don't have to go together like spinach and brownies.
Back to basics: Experts predict food in 2009 will be comfort driven with more...
ANDREW SULLIVAN/STAMFORD ADVOCATEFrugal fare such as bean soup can be a reliable comfort when money's tight in uncertain times. Food trends are fickle. They ebb and flow with economic times and over the past few years they've run the gamut...
The Recipe for Cool Weather Comfort Foods (Today's News-Herald)
(ARA) - As the weather gets brisk and the sun sets earlier, we find ourselves yearning for food and beverages that are simple, familiar and home-made. Comfort food is as soothing as a warm sweater, but it doesn't have to be boring if you add a little creativity.
Recipe Makeover: chicken-fried steak and gravy (San Jose Mercury News)
In making over chicken-fried steak, "we skip the deep frying, but with rich country gravy as consolation, you won't miss it," writes Jessie Price in "Comfort Foods Made Healthy.
Coffee and Chocolate Holding Up in Down Economy (AG Weekly)
In the United States, the true comfort foods are chocolate and coffee -which may provide relief for investors battered by plummeting prices for oil, gold, wheat and other products.
Comfort foods can be healthy too (The Charlotte Observer)
(By Heather Lalley, Chicago Tribune) Healthful eating and comfort food don't have to go together like spinach and brownies. It's just that we've become so accustomed to thinking good-for-you dishes can't be warm, gooey and soul-satisfying. But Jessie Price and her fellow editors at Vermont-based EatingWell magazine want to prove that conventional wisdom wrong. They've compiled nearly 200 ...
Feel-good Foods to Battle the Winter Blues (Lexington Clipper-Herald)
(ARA) - It's that time of year again when temperatures hit single digits, clothing gets heavier and it can be difficult to resist the urge to curl up all day under a warm and comfy blanket with an engaging book.
Cold comfort (The Age)
Justine Costigan savours a range of flavours that take some licking.
Kettle adds sweet onion chip (The Portland Business Journal)
Kettle Foods added a new flavor to its line of ?Big Game? chips.