This 30-page series of articles by freelance writer and published author Toni Leland takes a look back at the food that shaped a nation and the traditions that endure to this day.

Comfort food is many things to many people, always different, but always the same. Interesting facts about food history are combined with the thoughts and memories of the author's own life with comfort food, and supported by over two dozen family recipes that have stood the test of time.