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Get festive! From appetizers to desserts, the following recipes will make your holiday table as jolly as a ride in Santa's sleigh.

Immediately below are recipes from our classic Global Holiday Pageant. For 2007 gift ideas, visit Kate's Picks and our Holiday Culinary Gift List. Further down this page are Kate Heyhoe's recent holiday blogs, popular Holiday Cookbooks, links to Holiday Ideas, a New Year's Eve Celebration party, holiday sweets from I Love Desserts, and everybody's favorite, Making a Turkey. You can also find specific recipes by using our Search page.

  

Global Holiday Pageant

• Appetizers from Around the World
• Buon Natale: Christmas Eve Italian Style
• Holiday Cocktails & Drinks
• Great Wines for Great Holidays
• Holiday Dinner Around the World
• The Hanukkah Table
• The Kwanzaa Table
• All-American Holiday Brunch
• Fat-Free Appetizer Table
• Sweets 'n Treats Table
• Desserts To Die For
• A Vegetarian Holiday Menu

  

Kate's Global Kitchen Holiday Columns

11/01/07     Kate's Gift Reviews 2007

11/01/07     Holiday Gift Guide 2007

11/01/06     Food Lover's Holiday Gift Guide 2006: Part One

12/01/06     Food Lover's Holiday Gift Guide 2006: Part Two

12/01/05     More Gifts for Holiday Pleasures

12/24/04     Virgin Cocktails and Virile Libations
12/17/04     Holiday Light: Veggie Dips 'n' Wonton Chips
12/10/04     Nuts to You: The Process of Toasting Nuts
12/03/04     Christmas Cheer For Cooks: Gift Guide 2004

12/05/03     Cutting Up, Cooking, and Looking Good
12/12/03     Wake Up, Eat Up, and Save the Leftovers!
12/19/03     Cook's Gadgets, Wine Tools, and "Harvesting the Dream"
12/26/03     Caviar Nachos, New Year Nibbles, and Trivial Tidbits

12/13/02     Chocolate Cheer
12/20/02     Holiday Cookies
12/27/02     Affordable New Year Nibbles

12/08/01     The Elemental Crème Anglaise
12/15/01     A Praline Primer
12/22/01     Nutmeg: A Gift from Grenada
12/29/01     Famous Last Words:
                           The Lighter Side of Food
                           (includes Cozy New Year's Recipes)

12/02/00     Gifts to Buy...
12/09/00     ...Gifts to Make...
12/16/00     ...Fancy Foods to Celebrate...
12/23/00     ...A New Year's Buffet to Do Ahead...
12/30/00     ...Ending the Year Well Read and Fed

For more holiday gift ideas, visit our Global Gourmet^® Shopping page.

  

Holiday Cookbooks

I'm Dreaming of a Chocolate Christmas

• Recipes

  • Hungarian Chocolate Walnut Roll
  • White Chocolate Kisses
  • Chocolate Dipped Pistachio Cigars

Christmas Sweets

• Recipes

  • Frosted Ornament Cookies
  • Cookie Tree Centerpiece
  • Fruit Vinegar Gifts

Betty Crocker Christmas Cookbook

• Recipes

  • Almond Bonbons
  • Praline Pumpkin Dessert

Happy Holidays

• Recipes

  • Spinach-Wrapped Chicken Bites with Sesame-Soy Dipping Sauce
  • Sesame-Soy Dipping Sauce
  • Butternut Squash Soup with Crab

Williams-Sonoma Holiday Entertaining

• Recipes

  • Antipasto Platter (Three Variations)
  • Leek Soup with Pancetta and Bread Crumbs
  • Baked Ham with Spiced Cider Glaze

Seriously Simple Holidays

Thanksgiving Planning Countdown

• Recipes

  • Winter Chopped Salad
  • Roast Duck Legs with Caramelized Shallots and Garlic
  • Savory Bread Pudding with Bacon, Peppers, and Spinach

Bubby's Homemade Pies

• Recipes

  • Bubby's All Butter Pastry Pie Dough
  • Bubby's All-Fruit Mincemeat
  • Small Mince Pocket Pies with Clotted Cream
  • Apple-Caramel Upside-Down Pie (Tarte Tatin)

The Complete Baking Cookbook

• Recipes

  • Orange Cranberry Cookies
  • Marble Layer Cake
  • Tiger Swirl Fudge

Baking

• Recipes & Tips

  • Dorie's Baking Hints
  • Sweet Tart Dough
  • Sour Cream Pumpkin Pie (or Tart)
  • The Most Extraordinary French Lemon Cream Tart

Joy of Cooking

• Recipes

  • Book Excerpt: About Ham...
  • Baked Ham
  • Raisin Sauce
  • Scalloped Potatoes

A Baker's Field Guide to Christmas Cookies

• Recipes

  • Anise Cookies (Bizcochitos)
  • Easy Christmas Wreaths

Christmastime Treats

• Recipes

  • A Candy Land House
  • Sugar 'n' Spice Coconut Snowballs
  • White Chocolate-Peppermint Swizzle Sticks

  

Holiday Ideas

Healthier Holiday Tips & Gingerbread Men Recipe

Wine & Cheese Party

• Fred McMillin's Party Picks
• My Blue Heaven Spread
• Creamy Gouda-Horseradish Spread

Easy, Exotic Indian Buffet

• Bengal Lancers Beef Curry Cubes
• Saffron Basmati Rice
• Cranberry-Golden Raisin Chutney
• Minty Raita-Style Cole Slaw

Christmas Weekend Salmon Gravlax

• Festive but Faux Caviars
• Exquisite Eggplant Caviar
• Lone Star Caviar
• Mediterranean Black Olive Caviar

Kate's Virtual World Tour (from December 1999)

• Holy Lands: Holiday Soul Food (Jerusalem)
• Italy: Angels on Strings (Venice)
• Desserts in Deutschland (Germany)
• Foie Gras in France

  

New Year's Eve Celebration

• Setting Up a Champagne Bar and Champagne Trivia
• Best Champagnes for $12 and Under
• New Year's Eve Dinner in "Casablanca"
• "Do-Ahead" New Year's Buffet
• Honey Walnut Candies (Gozinaki)

  

I Love Desserts

• I Love Desserts Recipe Archives

Holiday Recipes:

• Christmas Butter Cookies (Weihnachtsgeback)
• Christmas Snowball Cookies
• Pfeffernüsse (Peppernut Cookies)
Spritz Cookies II
• Chocolate Decadence II
• Chocolate-Filled Crescents
• Coconut Bonbons
• White Chocolate Eggnog
• All About Fruitcakes with Fruit Cake Recipes
• About Yule Logs
• Marzipan Holly
• Meringue Mushrooms

  

Making a Turkey, or Need Ideas for a Big Dinner?

• From our archives:
• The Perfect Turkey Handbook
• The Thanksgiving No-Brainer (Good for any holiday meal!)
• Our Annual Thanksgiving Page (Lots of holiday recipes and ideas!)

 

Don't forget to use our Search engine to locate topics like Christmas or turkey.

 

Holiday and Party Recipes (by holiday and date)

 

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