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Weeks shy of turning 50, Gus Simpson is tired of being — as the self-help books would call her — a woman who does too much.
Host of a cable TV cooking show, Cooking With Gusto!, she is overly involved in her grown daughters' love lives. A widow for 18 years, she makes breakfast every morning for her closest pal, Hannah, an agoraphobic former tennis star who lives next door. And though she can toss a party for 200 without breaking stride, she dreads hosting her own birthday bash. When the network bosses tell Gus she needs a new concept to save her ratings-anemic show and then pair her with a cleavage-baring Spanish beauty queen with a fondness for cooking octopus, her well-ordered world gets a jolt of reality. Reality TV, that is. Gus and her curvy nemesis, Carmen, are united to co-host "Eat, Drink and Be," a live, unscripted show that enlists Gus' friends, daughters and their ex-boyfriends in a foodie free-for-all designed to lure a younger generation of home cooks. Kate Jacobs' breezy follow-up to her best-selling The Friday Night Knitting Club is a satisfying read that showcases Jacobs' skill in creating endearingly flawed characters. Gus is a Martha Stewart with warmth and heart but minus the stint in prison. An All About Eve subplot, plus an on-air wedding and a funny riff on corporate "team-building" events, make Comfort the kind of book you rush home to finish. And in a refreshing twist for the chick-lit genre, the men are good guys who want lasting relationships. No cads here. This book has no great surprises, just the pleasure of a good meal shared among people you love. At a loss for a gift for Mother's Day? Buy your mom Comfort Food. The passion is pleasantly PG-13, and she'll appreciate such mom-ilies as "Food is family, and family is food." Now go clean up the kitchen while she reads it.
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