Christmas: Wonderful Holiday Recipes with Marvelous Entertaining and Decorating Ideas

by Elizabeth Baird, Anna Hobbs, Canadian Living

Celebrate the holiday season with ease and joy with CHRISTMAS. From a simple and informal brunch or open house to a full five-course holiday feast, this book is full of magical ways to celebrate the holidays. There are full menus and recipes for a traditional Christmas dinner, Christmas morning buffet breakfast, a relaxing New Year's Eve, and more. From preparations, decorations, gift-giving, and choosing the perfect tree to ideas for using up leftovers, this guide takes you through the entire holiday season with elegance, style, and ease.

Ideas and recipes include:
•Plan a Christmas cookie exchange, with recipes for over a dozen cookies and puddings
•Gifts from the kitchen, including jams and fudge
•Make your own wreaths and decorations
•Fun holiday crafts and recipes for kids, including a gingerbread house and tree ornaments
•Elegant appetizers, like Smoked Salmon Spirals and Oriental Meatballs
•Menus for buffets as well as sit-down dinners, featuring entrees like Chicken and Shrimp Jambalaya and Citrus-Glazed Roast Goose
•Decadent desserts
and many more ways to celebrate the holidays!

Genres: Cookbooks

192 pages, Hardcover

First published September 5, 2006

Reviews

[Lara Maynard · Rating 4 out of 5]

Canadians know Elizabeth Baird from her past work with Canadian Living Magazine. I also enjoyed her as a guest on TV shows sharing recipes and cooking skills. And I have another one of her cookbooks where I found some of my favourite recipes.

This Christmas cookbook is one that I've turned to for the past few years since I got it and I use it for what are now some of my go-to Christmas baking recipes in particular. This year I went through the book again and tried a new recipe for a Christmas fruitcake with chocolate and pecans which I adapted a bit and which will now join the list of go-to Christmas bakes for gifts or to enjoy at home. It was yummy!