Contact the author of Comfort Food: Kate Jacobs is the author of the New York Times bestseller, The Friday Night Knitting Club and a former staffer at Redbook, Working Woman, and Family Life. She lives in California with her husband and their Springer Spaniel, Baxter. Send Kate a note Invite Kate to telephone your book club Visit Kate’s website What is CookingChannel? The CookingChannel is the home of Eat Drink and Be, a show hosted by Gus Simpson, the main character in Kate Jacobs’s novel Comfort Food. Of course, you won’t find CookingChannel or Eat Drink and Be on your TV, since Comfort Food is a work of fiction. But if you’re hungry for quizzes, recipes, and fun, then this is the place for you!