Favorite comfort food recipes

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

4 hearty stews and beer pairings

Beer can be better than wine with food––especially bold stews

Photo by Iain Bagwell , written by Margo True

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Brandied Cranberry Short-Rib Stew

Paired with: Deschutes Brewery Black Butte Porter

This silky, complex Oregon porter has notes of cranberry, chocolate, and warm spices, plus a hint of citrus. Browning the ribs and adding cocoa powder, cranberries, ginger, and orange zest make the stew sing in the same key.

Recipe: Brandied Cranberry Short-Rib Stew