Family gatherings and picnics relate to memories of comfort foods for most people. With the Andersons, family members from as far away as Florida congregate in California for the annual cook out. Everyone was especially looking forward to great Grandpa Joe's family secret recipe for barbeque. Everything from fresh caught river trout to quail received the barbeque rub. The grill was a homemade hearth in the backyard of the second generation Andersons.

As a teenager, Roger grew up learning the trade of barbeque from great Grandpa Joe. He once used the barbeque rub on soft-shelled crabs. Doing this for the first time with seafood, the results were rather interesting. The crabs cooked quickly, but Roger, as a fourteen year old chef-to-be, did not realize this. The grill was too hot for such a delicacy. Chock it up to experience for picnic comfort food.

Fortunately for Roger, there were not many crabs to be subjected to this culinary experiment. After 20 minutes of unattended grilling, the soft-shelled crabs were not longer soft. The charred remains brought out rounds of laughter from the other teenagers. Roger, undaunted, called his creation barbeque crab chips. Great Grandpa Joe laughed the longest and hardest at that joke. These are the types of memories that comfort foods provide.

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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.