TLC Orders Craving Comfort

TLC has ordered the new series Craving Comfort (working title), which explores the obsessions, triumphs, and secrets behind some of America’s favorite comfort foods. The series is produced by True Entertainment, and has already begun shooting. TLC has ordered eight half-hour episodes.

Hosted by chef Art Smith, each episode of Craving Comfort will travel the country, exploring variations of the simple, sumptuous dishes that everyone craves. Not just a cooking series, Craving Comfort is about the experience shared with favorite foods, and the stories they embody. Each episode will focus on one specific comfort food – from fried chicken to apple pie – and uncovers three different tales that reveal the passion behind the plate.

Art Smith is a two-time James Beard Award-winner and bestselling cookbook author, who has devoted his life to bringing back the symbolism and meaning of the “kitchen table” in the family home, and is a believer that food should unite families and friends through the sharing of meals.