Like early autumn, it is a time when you can include local produce in comforting, stew-like dishes.

It is a cool yet comforting dish that almost always comes as a mild surprise because of its many variations.

Think about which vegetables to use, make a little sauce to lift them and add some fresher-tasting, unroasted vegetables, and you'll end up with a comforting and invigorating dish.

It is to him as well as Mr. Keller, then, that I owe prodigious thanks for a simultaneously comforting and thrilling dish of agnolotti filled with a sweet corn pudding.

At dinner, the atmosphere was relaxed and the quality of ingredients used in comforting dishes such as fillet of hake on a bed of pearl barley risotto was self evident.

The addition of potatoes makes this one of those comforting, cold-weather dishes that are even better when reheated and served again the following day.

I combine them here and cook them together briefly for this rich, earthy, comforting main dish.

They do not need as much time in moist heat to break down sturdy muscles and fibers, making for warmly comforting braised dishes on a faster track.

At first, Mr. Iacovone fed comforting dishes like filet mignon and onion rings to recovery workers, reporters and insurance adjusters.

Locals love its superior ales and comforting dishes such as West Channel Coast squid.