Christmas with Southern Living 2018: Inspired Ideas for Holiday Cooking and Decorating

by Southern Living Inc.

For over three decades,  Christmas with Southern Living  has been the most dependable, comprehensive, and up-to-date guide to the holidays.  Christmas with Southern Living 2018 brings an inspired new lineup of creative ways to decorate, entertain, and make gifts for the holidays. Festive menus and décor ideas, along with more than 100 brand-new recipes crafted by the professionals of The South's Most Trusted Kitchen ensure success and wow factor at every turn. Also included are dozens of kitchen tips and entertaining ideas to take the pressure off the host. A special gifts-from-the-kitchen section includes simple but fun recipes for shareable foods, along with packing and storage information. Over 200 vibrant photographs inspire, showcasing unique holiday decorations--including table settings, wreaths, trees, centerpieces, and mantels--making  Christmas with Southern Living 2018  the only guide you need to make the holidays memorable and spectacular.

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks, Christmas, Nonfiction, Holiday

192 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 4, 2018

Reviews

[Jen · Rating 3 out of 5]

The pictures were beautiful and the layout was fantastic. Overall though, these are not things that I would try or decorate with. Great concept, but not for the average family.

[Sonja · Rating 5 out of 5]

A pretty book! Has many cute ideas and yummy recipes.

[Theresa Jehlik · Rating 3 out of 5]

This is a lovely picture book fantasy for a Christmas that I'm never going to put together. The Entertain section shows five different events with decorations, table settings, menu, and recipes that range from a tree trimming party to a New Year' s Eve party. The Savor section has recipes for roasts, sides, desserts and cookies. The Kit & Kaboodle section contains homemade food gifts for anyone on your list. The book also contains a Holiday Planner so that you can track everything from creative gifts to holiday memories. The last page includes a checklist for your thank you notes and notes for next year.

[Jane · Rating 3 out of 5]

Southern Living's 2018 Christmas book contains a number of ideas for decorating and preparing items for holiday feasts and get-togethers for friends and family. While it may include some thoughts that remind you of past editions, it still is a good book for readying the mind for the upcoming Christmas season.

[Lisa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Ok, this book was just okay. I know that this is the normal set up but I didn’t like it. The recipes seemed jumbled, I couldn’t tell where one ended and the next began. The actual recipes where just okay, but there was not really anything I really wanted to make.

[Dianna · Rating 3 out of 5]

I did find several great recipes that I want to try, but I was disappointed that there were no crafts instructions. The decorating mentioned on the cover is just few photos of decor you can do but nothing about making any of it yourself. 3 stars for feeling misled.

[Shelle Mondon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Some good recipes but I felt the decorations ideas were unremarkable.