Vané from Brooklyn Bride is known for her impeccable taste, and this recipe sounds so delicious, I might just have to whip up a batch for myself this weekend! I absolutely love that there’s a growing trend of mother’s recipes coming through the Dishing for Dana pipeline, because mother’s love is so often communicated through cuisine – so let’s all thank Vané and her mom, for……

Irmik Helva
From the kitchen of Vané – Brooklyn Bride

♥ This is my ultimate comfort food because its sweet, buttery, fluffy, and homemade.

♥ I discovered this recipe when my mom made it from a family recipe.

♥ Eating this dish feels like heaven

♥ This dish is best served when you feel happy, sad, its good anytime!

♥ When I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by munching on a couple of Raisinets. They’re my quick fix

♥ This is a Middle Eastern dessert my mom used to make me as a kid and it is FREAKIN unbelievable! Its great for dessert, for breakfast, for a snack, its kinda my favorite thing in the world.

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From the kitchen of Mary – Excruciatingly Beautiful

♥ This is my ultimate comfort food because it’s delicious and filling.

♥ I discovered this recipe when I was volunteering at a group home for pregnant teenagers in Denver, CO.

♥ Eating this dish feels like being at grandma’s.

♥This dish is best served when you feel in need of a hearty but delicious breakfast.

♥ When I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by running to the grocery store for chocolate.

♥ Once, I baked 2 loaves of this for a camping trip with friends. They were meant for breakfast each of the 2 mornings we would be there, but everyone loved it so much, that both loaves had been eaten within a day.

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Liz is one of my best friends in the wedding business. She’s also one of the hardest-working women I know. Having her involved in my website and my life is a tremendous gift, so I’m thrilled to pay that forward by sharing her favorite recipe with you today… it sounds pretty dang amazing to me, and I don’t even eat meat! It also happens Oprah’s favorite rib recipe… and if Oprah likes it, it has to be good. Right?

Quincy Jones’ Thriller Ribs
From the kitchen of Liz Coopersmith – Silver Charm Events (and Fridays at The Broke-Ass Bride!)

photo via Not Quite Nigella

♥ This is my ultimate comfort food because Oh my God, it is SOOO good, and so worth the wait.

♥ I discovered this recipe when I used to entertain a lot when I lived in D.C. and saw Quincy Jones make this on Oprah.

♥ Eating this dish feels like you never knew what good ribs actually tasted like before. You will feel sorry for other rib recipes.

♥ This dish is best served when you feel like being really, really nice to the people you love.

♥ When I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by going to Arclight Cinemas (high-end movie theater in L.A.) and getting some of their layered butter popcorn. They make it with real butter. I KNOW.

♥ I do believe that my husband decided to marry me after I made these ribs for him. I’m just saying.

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*Recipe adapted from O Magazine

Cat and Adi are good friends of ours (and an amazing wedding photography duo), so we’re thrilled to have them involved. Their adorable daughter Clara just celebrated a birthday, and to honor her, we’re featuring her favorite comfort food…..

Clara’s Spectacular Buttermilk Corn Pancakes
From the kitchen of Cat & Adi Benner – Next Exit Photography

♥ Adi Says: The truth is, cornbread is one of my favorite things to make and eat. Period. So, when my daughter took to these delicious pancakes as her favorites, I was overjoyed.

“What Clara? You would like corn pancakes for breakfast again? Hmmmmm. Okay. And who makes the best corn pancakes in the whole world?”

“Daddy!”

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I LOVE SOUP. I could eat it every day. I could sing it to the mountains. I get that from my dad. Soup is arguably one of his favorite food groups, and its totally one of mine too.

This soup sounds amazingly decadent for something so relatively healthful, and I love that it can easily be adapted to be vegan with the substitution of Earth Balance, veggie broth and optional Daiya vegan cheese shreds.

Parsley Butter Soup
From the kitchen of Ginger – Ginger Won’t Snap

♥ This is my ultimate comfort food because it’s warm and comforting. It feels like you’re pigging out when you eat it, but it’s actually quite good for you!

♥ This is a family recipe from my aunt.

♥ Eating this dish feels like a hug in my mouth!

♥ This dish is best served when you feel anything! It’s great all the time, especially when you’re cold

♥ When I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by ordering in Swiss Chalet chicken.

♥ My cousin goes nuts over this soup, it is her favourite dish and so every time there is a family gathering at my aunt & uncle’s they make the soup. Now that I know how to make it too, she asks me to make some every time she comes over! I guess we’ll have to teach her how to cook soon…

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When I first started blogging as an engaged bride, I fell completely, head over heels in love with Meg at A Practical Wedding. She and I got married around the same time, and share a similar “go your own way” and “celebrate YOU” sensibility regarding the whole wedding planning experience. Her honest writing, down to earth warmth, and passion for keeping the process sane, practical and personal really spoke to me and inspired me and my tender newbie blogger heart.

Fast forward to 2 years later… Meg is still a major inspiration to me as a writer and as a human, but I’m also lucky enough to now call her friend. If you haven’t checked out her site yet, hie ye hither. (And check out her sweet Dishing for Dana post!) But come back after, so you can enjoy this insanely cozy beef stew recipe from her and David’s kitchen.

Meg’s Favorite Stew, With Lots of Red Wine, As Cooked By Her Husband
From the kitchen of Meg’s Husband David – A Practical Wedding

♥ This is my ultimate comfort food because one of the first phrases I learned to say was, “More sauce, Daddy, more sauce.” And stew, well, it has a whole lot of sauce. When I was growing up, my dad was the family cook. And because I married well, my husband is now the family cook. So I can’t say this recipe is mine, but I can say that I nudged my vegetarian husband to create it. Also, he’s a very good cook, so you’re welcome.

♥ I discovered this recipe when I told my husband that we’d been married for six years, and he still hadn’t learned to make my favorite food, and then I looked really sad, and then I looked even sadder, and then I yelled, “I WANT STEW.”

♥ Eating this dish feels like an exercise in deliciousness and warmth. And also booze. Also, sometimes you say, “Mmmmmmmmmm. Mmmmmmm.” while you eat it. But I’m not sure if that’s a feeling.

♥ This dish is best served when you feel A) Like you need meat. B) Like you need the best food ever. C) Like you need your insides to be warm

♥ When I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by…Well, I can’t cook. So I get my comfort food fix by asking my husband to cook.

♥ This recipe is from David Mishook. That’s my husband. He thought it was pretty important that he got credit for this, not me.

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If you’re a vegan (or vegan-curious) in Southern California, then you’re probably well-aware of the legendary QuarryGirl blog – aka the ultimate vegan dining resource guide for our part of the world. If you live in other parts of the world, you should still check her out, because her vegan field reports for areas outside of SoCal are pretty damn awesome too, and she regularly features new vegan grocery products available nationwide. She even featured my review of Chicago Diner awhile back. Mmmm, gyros. Wait, what was I saying?

Right. Since I consider QG to be one of the ultimate experts on vegan cuisine, having her share a recipe with Dishing for Dana is especially exciting. And these pimping potatoes promise to deliver on some serious tastebud teasing action. I might just have to try this one out tonight!

Vegan Cheesy Scalloped Potatoes
from the kitchen of QuarryGirl

♥ this dish is the best comfort food on earth because it’s creamy, indulgent, and loaded with carbs! it’s what dreams are made of.

♥ i discovered this recipe when my mom used to make cheesy scalloped potatoes all the time when i was a kid, and they were my favorite dish on the planet. i tried veganizing her recipe a couple years ago, and the result was unbelievable.

♥ eating this dish feels like childhood! for me it feels like childhood, the days before i was vegan.

♥ this dish is best served when you feel this dish is perfect for when you really want to cut loose and eat something crazy. if you’re sad, it will make you happy…and if you’re happy, it will make you ecstatic!

♥ when I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by eating at native foods!

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This recipe just has BAD-ASS written all over it. How much do I love that our first male-submitted recipe is all about the bacon and carbs? So classic. Tony Soprano would approve, I’m sure. I’m not really sure what else to say about it because I’m hypnotized by its pasta-stic masculine prowess.

Oh yeah, Chris describes it like hot sex and winning the lottery. That’s definitely worth noting

Bacon Asparagus Linguine
from the kitchen of Chris Easter – The Man Registry

♥ I discovered this recipe when my wife actually came across it while reading I Loved, I Lost, I Made Spaghetti, by Giulia Melucci.

♥ Eating this dish feels like a combination of great sex and the feeling you get after winning millions in the lottery. Just try it, you’ll see what I’m talking about.

♥ This dish is best served when you feel exhausted after a stressful day at work. It’s the type of dish that just thinking about it, gets you through the day.

♥ When I can’t cook, I get my comfort food fix by ordering in one of my guilty pleasures (pizza, wings, Chinese) or hitting up a favorite food stand or truck.

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