Katie Lee Joel signs copies of her new book, 'The Comfort Table'

HUNTINGTON -- Cabell County native and culinary expert Katie Lee Joel signed copies of her new book, "The Comfort Table," at Borders in the Huntington Mall on Saturday.

The book has gotten a good splash of press with mentions on the Food Network, which tabs Katie Lee as "one skinny girl who can cook her butt off."

The Miami University grad has brought her culinary talents to Bravo's "Top Chef." She also writes a column in Hampton's Magazine, is a special correspondent position for Extra and occupies a seat on the judges' panel of "Iron Chef America."

The book is filled with more than 125 recipes, many from her family, as well as updates on those children classics she loved growing up in West Virginia.

The book includes such Southern staples like fried green tomatoes, chicken and dumplings, peach cobbler, meatloaf and the quintessential pulled pork BBQ, which stand alongside contemporary classics like roasted carrot and ginger soup, citrus-tarragon mahi-mahi and dijon and pistachio-crusted rack of lamb.

"The Comfort Table" features photos by Miki Duiserhof and a foreword by Food Network personality Paula H. Deen.