For some diners, “comfort food” can be homestyle meatloaf or chicken pot pie, while others may get especially warm feelings from an upscaled pot roast or fried okra Caesar salad. Club and resort chefs around the country are expanding how they define, and serve, the dishes that can make a deep-down connection with members and guests.

Crab-Stuffed Mountain Trout with Preserved Lemon, Corn and Lobster Succotash Submitted by Shelley Cooper, Executive Chef, Dancing Bear Lodge and Appalachian Bistro, Townsend, Tenn. Yield: 4 servings For the Preserved Lemon: (must be made 3 to 5 days in advance) 6 cups water 6 lemons 4 cups white vinegar 1 cup salt 1 cup sugar…