Favorite comfort food recipes

Try these updated takes on all the classics, including lightened versions and the new multicultural comfort foods of the West

16 beat-the-clock stews

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Wild rice gives this stew earthiness and is appealingly chewy (save time by buying it precooked). Serve with cornbread or polenta.

Recipe: Wild Rice, Butternut Squash, and Cannellini Stew