Ms. Louis's elevated takes on comforting dishes, such as baked eggs with cream and brick-roasted chicken with shoestring potatoes, have earned her critical acclaim.

WSJ: Jenn Louis's Rock-Salt-Roasted Salmon and Turnips | Slow Food Fast

Favorites: roast chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and a wild mushroom jus, and poached skate in a spring garlic broth with potato gnocchi and asparagus.

FORBES: Fact and Comment

Favorites: roasted stuffed chicken with garlic mashed potatoes and a wild-mushroom jus, and poached skate in a spring garlic broth with potato gnocchi and green asparagus.

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The early crowd at the Hollywood Diner ("Where the customer is the star") was unmoved by Buffett, a fixture with his usual order of chicken-fried steak with extra mashed potatoes.

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Around our house, when not infected by the Birdseye plague, real food often meant chicken-fried steak with mashed potatoes and cream gravy, sugar peas, field peas, black-eyed peas, lima beans, green beans, all greens, ambrosia, okra, corn, tomato aspic, squash casseroles, pot roast, fried fish, chicken and dumplings, hot rolls, biscuits, cornbread, cakes, pies, fudge, divinity and Mama's homemade vegetable soup, which was world famous in our family.

NPR: Linda Ellerbee, Taking 'Big Bites'

Main courses: delicate halibut, beautifully presented skate and delicious organic chicken with peas, beans and sweet potatoes.

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The new branch of a longtime Hong Kong favorite attracts a line most nights, serving up gourmet pizzas such as the New Orleans topped with Cajun chicken, spinach, potatoes and sour cream.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia | Travel Watch | Hong Kong's Palate Pleasers

On the kitchen table his lunch awaited him, a plate covered with an inverted plate to keep warm: chicken, mashed potatoes, cooked carrots, and green beans.

NEWYORKER: Waiting