Christmas Cuisines

Adult Non-Fiction

Very Merry Cookies

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, ©2011 (Publisher)

A cookie collection packed with holiday cheer!

Offering more than 200 irresistible recipes for every flavor, from simple drop cookies to bars, brownies, and more, Very Merry Cookies is the perfect cookie compendium for baking enthusiasts and novices alike. Filled with hardworking essentials, like Make Ahead and storage directions for every recipe, this festive collection delivers tasty tidbits on decorating and homemade gifts.

With more than 200 recipes and 140 beautiful full-color photos, this book offers excellent value Tip boxes throughout the book provide simple ideas for baking perfect cookies every time “Santa’s Little Helper” icons designate recipes that kids can help make Chapters are organized by flavor, with ideas to satisfy every palate, from coconut creations and ooey, gooey caramel treats to rich dark chocolate sensations The book covers the entire range of holiday cookies, including decorated cookies, drop cookies, slice and bakes, shaped cookies, cut-outs, sandwich cookies, and even tiny tarts

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Holiday Cookies : Showstopping recipes to sweeten the season

Elisabet der Nederlanden

From Icebox Pinwheel Cookies to Red-and-White Meringue Kisses to Apple Cider Caramels, find new inspiration for the best of seasonal baking with Holiday Cookies . This instant holiday classic is packed with 50 recipes, each gorgeously photographed and meticulously tested, along with dozens of decorating and packaging ideas. Filled with reimagined favorites like Giant Molasses Spice Cookies and Hazelnut Sandwich Cookies; confections like Peppermint Bark, Smoked Almond and Cacao Nib Brittle, and Dark Chocolate-Hazelnut Fudge; and detailed instructions for gorgeous gingerbread houses, cookie place cards, and edible ornaments, this is a cookie book like no other. Because the recipes are easy to scale up or down, Holiday Cookies is perfect for cookie exchanges, gift-giving, and just enjoying throughout the season. From a veteran baker and recipe developer, each cookie in this collection is guaranteed to be a stand-out, and destined to become your new Christmas classic.

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Christmas Entertaining

Georgeanne Brennan

Christmas Entertaining Christmas is a time for entertaining, and for the host that means hours spent planning, shopping, cooking, and decorating the house. With a good guidebook in hand, the work of holiday entertaining can be one of the joys of the season. In Williams-Sonoma Christmas Entertaining, you’ll discover everything you need to know to welcome guests into your home with style and ease. Organized around six festive holiday occasions, this book provides complete menus and decorating ideas, all designed to fit the way people like to entertain and spend time together today: a cozy Fireside Cocktail Party; an Italian Christmas Eve supper; a chic Christmas Eve in the City; a lavish, traditional New England Christmas; a sparkling Snow Country Breakfast; and a casual New Year’s Day Open House. There are some fifty easy-to-master recipes for everything from make-ahead finger food to appetizers, main courses, and desserts. The beautiful color photography and step-by-step tyle and drink ideas make it easy to create elegant centerpieces, signature beverages, and delightful welcoming touches that transform the table and the house. helpful reference sections provide guidelines on tableware, setting up a buffet, selecting wine, and more. You can follow the detailed work plans included in each chapter to create a complete party, or mix and match recipes and ideas to assemble your menus. Either way, you’ll find everything you need for hosting memorable holiday get-togethers with style and confidence.

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The Chew, A Year of Celebrations : Festive and delicious recipes for every occasion

Ashley Archer

The five hosts of ABC’s hit show The Chew invite you to celebrate a full year of holidays, events, and special occasions. From Thanksgiving to Mother’s Day, and Christmas to the Fourth of July, Mario Batali, Carla Hall, Clinton Kelly, Daphne Oz, and Michael Symon are here to provide you with mouthwatering recipes, useful entertaining tips, and creative crafts to make your gatherings unforgettable, original, and manageable. In this third companion book, the hosts bring the wit, wisdom, and practicality shared on the show to your raucous game-day gathering, romantic Valentine’s Day dinner, and festive New Year’s Eve bash. The Chew: A Year of Celebrations will guide you through the planning, cooking, and, of course, rejoicing in the year’s most celebrated events. With a complete spread for each celebration, including drinks, appetizers, entrÃ.

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Fix-it and Forget-it Holiday Favorites: 150 easy and delicious slow cooker recipes

Hope Comerford

What if you could prepare holiday feasts for friends and family without spending hours in the kitchen? Now you can. Take your slow cooker out of the pantry and put away the stress of holiday cooking and baking this year. Here are 150 slow cooker recipes that will wow your guests and free you up to spend quality time with loved ones. From Sweet Potato Stuffing to Raspberry Glazed Ham, Slow Cooker Turkey and Stuffing to Pear Butter, there are recipes here to indulge every palate and gorgeous full-color photographs to inspire any menu planner. Phyllis Good is beloved for providing recipes that are simple and made with ingredients you can find easily–if you don’t already have them in your cupboard. Who has time to search for obscure, gourmet ingredients around the holidays? Holiday cooking has never been easier–or more delicious. Learn what size slow cooker to purchase, discover tips for easy prep and cleanup, and find scrumptious recipes such as: Dried Cranberry Pudding Holiday Wild Rice Christmas Apple Date Pudding Pork Roast with Applesauce Cheesy Sausage Dip Gingerbread Pudding Cake And many more!

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Cooking Light Holiday Cookbook

Heather Averett

This is one present you’ll definitely want to open early the first-ever holiday cookbook from Cooking Light magazine, the worlds most widely read food magazine. No one likes to scrimp around the holidays now you can stay on track and still dazzle friends and family with memorable holiday feasts and delectable treats. Share the joy with everything you need for seasonal cooking and less from Cooking Light.

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Reindeer Food: 80 Festive Sweets and Treats to Make a Magical Christmas

Cayla Gallagher

Deck your halls with sprinkles and frosting! This cookbook has you covered for the entire holiday season. Whether you’re baking cookies with family, bringing cupcakes to a bake sale, or aiming to WIN your office holiday bake off, Reindeer Food will guarantee your success! This cookbook features tons of different techniques, allowing both beginners and baking experts to hone their skills this holiday season. Esteemed author Cayla strives to turn everyday recipes into “edible cuteness”–colorful, eye-catching treats! Cozy up in front of the fire with a Reindeer Hot Chocolate, challenge your friends to an Ugly Christmas Sweater Cake challenge, and watch the winter sun shine through your Snowflake Window Cookies. Santa will surely leave you extra presents when he sees the Candy Cane Cookies you’ve left out for him! And if someone in your family has been naughty this year, you can always sneak a couple Lumps of Coal into their stocking.

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Christmas Made Easy : Recipes, tips and edible gifts for a stress-free Holiday

Art Ginsburg

Holiday time is hectic time, and nobody knows better than TV’s Mr. Food Test Kitchen, how to take the stress out of the holidays and make them taste better. This book includes more than 150 recipes for everything from survival meals (for those busy before the holiday), breakfast, party munchies, mouthwatering main dishes, side dishes, breads, desserts, cookies, drinks and even edible gift bags! This softcover book includes lavish color photos and is perfect for gift giving. The Mr. Food Test Kitchen hopes you’ll share the food, edible gifts and love they’re dishing up to bring you and your family loads of reasons to say…OOH IT’S SO GOOD!!

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The Cozy Christmas Movie Cookbook: Mouthwatering food to enjoy during your favorite holiday films

Holly Carpenter

Cook up Christmas cheer with inspiration from beloved holiday movies! ‘Tis the season for cozy comforts, delicious holiday treats, and having a good cry while watching your favorite Christmas movies! The Cozy Christmas Movie Cookbook​: Mouthwatering Food to Enjoy During Your Favorite Holiday Films brings you 100 recipes inspired by America’s most adored Christmas films, from Northpole to The Christmas Train , A Royal Christmas , and many more! Give the gift of seasonal fun to the holiday film-lover in your life, or enjoy the dozens of recipes–from snacks and small bites, to Christmas cookies and cakes, to warming drinks and cocktails, with a recommended film to watch with each–while curled up next to your Christmas tree, in the seasonal glow of your own home. Snack on popcorn treats as you wrap gifts, pipe frosting onto Christmas cookies with your favorite Lacey Chabert or Danica McKellar film on in the background, and bake up a storm for your next party. Have a lovely Christmas with the perfect companion cookbook to the most wonderful time of year. You’ll find yourself cozying up to your most cherished films with delectable recipes from this very special cookbook!

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2021 Christmas with Southern Living: Inspired Ideas for Holiday Cooking & Decorating

(Various Authors)

From the editors at Southern Living , warm and welcoming holiday recipes and creative ideas for decorating, entertaining, and handmade gifts Discover fun and creative new ways to decorate, entertain, and handcraft gifts for the holidays. Sparkling menus and easy décor ideas, along with more than 100 brand-new recipes from the professionals of the South’s most trusted kitchen, make entertaining a breeze for celebrations of all sizes. Inside, the editors of Southern Living reveal their favorite cooking tips and make-ahead secrets that take the pressure off hosting and put the focus on family and friends. There is also a special gifts-from-the-kitchen section with recipes for treats to wrap and share. More than 200 photographs show off dazzling holiday decorations and table settings to try, plus inspired designs for holiday wreaths, trees, centerpieces, and mantel arrangements. Christmas with Southern Living is the go-to resource for everything you need to make your holiday bright.

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Christmas with Paula Deen : Recipes and stories from my favorite holiday

Paula Deen

Filled with Paula’s trademark Southern charm, Christmas with Paula Deen is a collection of beloved holiday recipes and cherished stories. “I’ve gone through all my books and put together this collection of my most treasured recipes and memories for the holiday season to share with you. ..You’ll find a few new dishes, a sprinkling of new holiday stories, and some family pictures you might not have seen before.” There’s no holiday Paula Deen loves better than Christmas, when she opens her home to family and friends, and traditions old and new make the days merry and bright. Filled with Paula’s trademark Southern charm and happy reminiscences of Yuletide seasons past, Christmas with Paula Deen is a collection of beloved holiday recipes and stories interspersed with cherished family photographs. Included are Paula’s most requested homemade gifts of food; a collection of cookies sure to become your family’s favorites; easy dishes for a Christmas breakfast or brunch that will let you enjoy the food and your guests; impressive fare for Christmas dinner and holiday entertaining and, of course, spectacular cakes, puddings, pies, and other sweet things. “So Merry Christmas, y’all, and best dishes and best wishes from me and my family to yours.”

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Perfect Christmas

Carolyn Bell

Christmas is associated with goodwill, festivities, gatherings of family and friends, gifts and generous amounts of delicious food and drink. More and more people are enjoying homemade and handcrafted rather than store-bought food and decorations, and this book holds everything you need to make the festivites a success, with recipes and creative craft ideas. Enjoy cooking party foods, beautiful cakes, appetizers, main courses and the best Christmas dinner ever, whether you choose to have traditional Roast Goose, or Salmon Steaks with Sorrel Sauce. Adorn the home with wreaths, garlands, candles and festive table settings, using ideas for dressing the tree or making your own cards. Involve the kids with fun projects for making gift boxes, and personalized stockings for Christmas Eve.With clear, easy-to-follow instructions the whole family can be involved in making Christmas happy, fun and affordable.

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