Instant Comfort: 75 Easy Pressure Cooker Recipes for Multicooker & Instant Pot® - Quick Meals, Family Dinners & Comfort Food Cookbook (Perfect for Busy Weeknights & Cozy Weekends)

I was a little apprehensive about trying this cookbook since I tend to be more of a foodie than a comfort food person; however, I'm also a Melissa Clark fan, using both her recipes from the NYTimes and her earlier book, Dinner in an Instant. Here -- and fortunately for me -- "comfort food" has a broad meaning and doesn't just include recipes like chili, brskiet, and spaghetti with meatballs, but also more unusual recipes, though no less comforting, such as chicken with peanut sauce, beef pho, and chipotle pork tacos. I don't exactly know how she has classified these particular recipes as comfort food except that they are hot, and many are hearty. Most of the traditional recipes include a twist, such as the brisket with prunes or the pimento mac-and-cheese.I love that 2/3 of the recipes can be made, from start to finish, in less than 60 minutes. This is the primary reason I got this cookbook -- well, that and the fact that Melissa Clark wrote it. Each recipes shows active time, pressure cook time, and total time. The timing also seems to be accurate. For instance, Chicken with Peanut Sauce took just about the 35 minutes Clark claimed it to take. (This timing varies, of course, with your kitchen and prep skills.)Several of the recipes call for ingredients that may not be readily available in your area. Clark is a NYC cook, so she has more at her hands than someone may in a rural area. Still, most recipes use commonly available ingredients.I wish the book had more color photos -- not every recipe has one -- but those it does have (my guess is that 2/3 of the recipes have photos) are beautiful. If you have trouble reading a recipe and envisioning what it would look like, then this may bother you. Even though I'm experienced enough to read a recipe and imagine how it will turn out, I'm more likely to try something outside my usual range if it is accompanied by a photo. "Comfort food," however, doesn't push my boundaries.Winner recipes: Cuban Chicken and Rice; Chicken with Peanut Sauce Chipotle Brown Sugar Salmon; Red Wine Bolognese; and Red Lentil Dal with Coconut. I was less enamored with Lemony Shrimp +Scallops Risotto because I thought it lacked depth of flavor, although that may be because I used store-bought vegetable stock instead of homemade fish stock. I have not tried any of the breakfast recipes (I'm not a huge breakfast person) or any of the eight dessert recipes (I'm trying not to tempt myself.)This cookbook has earned its space on my most-used cookbook shelf.-- Debbie Lee Wesselmann