The Holiday Cookbook: Festive Recipes for Special Occasions

A festive cooking guide for anyone hosting over the holidays, covering every course from starters to edible gifts. Nine chapters walk through dish ideas for each part of the meal, then a planning chapter helps you build the menu, schedule oven space and set the table without spending the whole day in the kitchen. Most dishes are described as ideas with technique and make-ahead tips rather than measured recipes; a bonus section at the end adds four short written-out recipes.

What's inside

• Starter ideas from spinach artichoke dip and prosciutto-wrapped figs to cranberry-pecan baked brie, with tips on prepping ahead and keeping things bite-sized
• Festive soups and salads such as butternut squash soup, roasted chestnut soup, winter citrus salad and warm Brussels sprouts salad
• Centrepiece mains including brined roast turkey, bourbon-glazed ham, beef tenderloin, mushroom Wellington and stuffed acorn squash, plus resting and timing guidance
• Sides that carry the meal: mashed potatoes, stuffing, honey-thyme carrots, green bean almondine and wild rice pilaf, with make-ahead notes
• Dessert ideas from apple and pecan pie to chai-spiced cheesecake, pavlova and poached pears, plus cookie and bar platters
• Festive bakes and edible gifts: gingerbread, shortbread, fruitcake, biscotti, fudge, candied nuts and infused oils, with packaging suggestions
• Holiday drinks, alcoholic and not, including mulled wine, eggnog, cranberry mojito, spiced cider and a hot chocolate bar
• A chapter on holiday dishes from Europe, Asia, Africa, the Americas and the Southern Hemisphere, and a full planning chapter on menus, timing, table setting and leftovers

Details

• PDF, 31 pages
• Instant digital download
• Read on any device, or print it
• For personal use