Feeling a bit under the weather, carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders, tired and hungry after a hectic day or rather delicate after a late night? Help is at hand. Comfort is packed full of hale and hearty, wholesome and warming, quick and easy favoutites, to pick you up, dust you down and put a smile on your face and a spring in your step.

In Comfort, Carolyn Caldicott offers tasty and uncomplicated ideas for nutricious soothing suppers, lazy Sunday morning brunches, relaxed evenings with friends and indulgent treats. Try her recipe for beef and ale stew with herb dumplings, creamy fish pie, roast chicken with all the trimmings, whisky and crea, porridge, strawberry and rhubarb trifle...and, of course, lashings of cake, pies and custard.