Cooking with love : comfort food that hugs you

**Comfort food never tasted so good!** **Carla Hall** is co-host of ABC’s daily lifestyle series __The Chew__. Carla first won the hearts of fans nationwide on Bravo’s __Top Chef.__ When she returned for __Top Chef All-Stars,__ she went on to win Fan Favorite with her warmth, enthusiasm, and delicious food. In this book, she serves up more than 100 fantastic recipes that revolutionize comfort food by using fresh ingredients in her twists on tried-and-true classics. From the Southern staple Down-Home Deviled Eggs with Smoky Bacon to silky and light Spicy Carrot-Ginger Soup to the ultimate Chicken Pot Pie with buttery crust on the bottom to her Granny’s unforgettably luscious Five-Flavor Pound Cake, Carla’s beautiful, flavorful recipes are so deeply satisfying, they’ll become family favorites in your kitchen. Carla believes that the only way to make truly comforting food is to cook it from the heart. And she does it by making the most of seasonal, whole ingredients while keeping preparation easy and getting reliable, accurate results. In __Cooking with Love__, Carla shows us the love with tempting and inspiring recipes for all sorts of sumptuous dishes, displayed in beautiful full-color photographs. Carla also teaches culinary basics and shares kitchen tips as well as funny, poignant tales of her own experiences cooking with family, friends, and fellow chefs.

Carla Hall, co-host on ABC’s The Chew and Bravo’s Top Chef All-Stars’ 'Fan Favorite,' serves up her first cookbook, with 125 fantastic recipes that revolutionize comfort food by using ingredients that bring all-time favorites to a new level of deliciousness and taste sensation.

Carla Hall originally won fans’ hearts on season five of Bravo’s Top Chef with her warmth, enthusiasm, and delicious food, and she went on to beat out contestants from all seven seasons to be named Fan Favorite of the 2011 All-Stars season. In 2011, Carla began hosting ABC’s The Chew and is now a familiar face to daytime television viewers across the country.

Carla’s specialty in the kitchen is enhancing great tastes while keeping preparation easy and getting reliable, accurate results. Carla believes that the only way to make transformative food is to cook it from the heart and in the spirit of joy and fun that she brings to the kitchen. Cooking with Love tells how, with tempting and inspiring recipes for all sorts of sumptuous dishes that 'show the love.' Carla also teaches and shares culinary basics while providing fun tips and funny and poignant tales of her personal experiences cooking with family, friends, and fellow chefs.

From appetizers that include a fresh take on Down-Home Deviled Eggs with Smoky Bacon to gorgeous Spicy Carrot Ginger Soup to Carla’s famously succulent Chicken Pot Pie to mouth-watering desserts like her Granny’s unforgettably luscious, buttery Five-Flavor Pound Cake, Carla’s beautiful, delicious recipes revolutionize comfort food.

Comfort food never tasted so good!

Carla Hall, co-host on ABC's "The Chew" and Bravo's "Top Chef All-Stars'" "Fan Favorite," serves up her first cookbook, with 125 fantastic recipes that revolutionize comfort food by using ingredients that bring all-time favorites to a new level of deliciousness and taste sensation.Carla Hall originally won fans' hearts on season five of Bravo's "Top Chef" with her warmth, enthusiasm, and delicious food, and she went on to beat out contestants from all seven seasons to be named Fan Favorite of the 2011 All-Stars season. In 2011, Carla began hosting ABC's "The Chew" and is now a familiar face to daytime television viewers across the country. Carla's specialty in the kitchen is enhancing great tastes while keeping preparation easy and getting reliable, accurate results. Carla believes that the only way to make transformative food is to cook it from the heart and in the spirit of joy and fun that she brings to the kitchen. "Cooking with Love "tells how, with tempting and inspiring recipes for all sorts of sumptuous dishes that "show the love." Carla also teaches and shares culinary basics while providing fun tips and funny and poignant tales of her personal experiences cooking with family, friends, and fellow chefs. From appetizers that include a fresh take on Down-Home Deviled Eggs with Smoky Bacon to gorgeous Spicy Carrot Ginger Soup to Carla's famously succulent Chicken Pot Pie to mouth-watering desserts like her Granny's unforgettably luscious, buttery Five-Flavor Pound Cake, Carla's beautiful, delicious recipes revolutionize comfort food. Comfort food never tasted so good Former cohost of The Chew and a Top Chef: All-Stars Fan Favorite, Carla Hall serves up more than 100 fantastic recipes for twists on classic comfort food. Carla Hall first won the hearts of fans nationwide on Bravo's Top Chef , then won Fan Favorite on Top Chef: All-Stars . In Cooking With Love , she serves up more than 100 fantastic recipes for food that hugs you. With her signature tasty twists on tried-and-true classics, comfort food never tasted so good! From down-home deviled eggs with smoky bacon to silky and light spicy carrot-ginger Soup to the ultimate chicken pot pie with buttery crust on the bottom to her Granny's unforgettably luscious five-flavor pound cake, Carla's flavorful recipes are so deeply satisfying, they'll become family favorites in your kitchen. For Carla, the only way to make truly comforting food is to cook it from the heart, and in Cooking with Love , she shows you that love with her tempting, inspiring recipes for all sorts of sumptuous dishes, displayed in beautiful full-color photographs. Carla also tells funny, poignant tales of her own life cooking with family, friends, and fellow chefs. "For Carla, the only way to make truly comforting food is to cook it from the heart, and in Cooking with Love, she shows you that love with her tempting, inspiring recipes for all sorts of sumptuous dishes, displayed in beautiful full-color photographs. Carla also tells funny, poignant tales of her own life cooking with family, friends, and fellow chefs"--Back cover The co-host of The Chew presents an anecdotal debut cookbook of 125 recipes that adapt favorite comfort foods for overall taste enhancement, including Spicy Carrot Ginger Soup, Chicken Pot Pie and Five-Flavor Pound Cake Collects one hundred twenty-five recipes that adapt favorite comfort foods for overall taste enhancement, including spicy carrot ginger soup, chicken pot pie and five-flavor pound cake.