2015-10-30

Sweet Treats for the Holidays: Edible Creations for Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and More! by Norene Cox

These adorable holiday treats use easy-to-follow instructions and time-saving ingredients so you can stop baking and start enjoying the holidays. Using simple store-bought candy, cookies, and frosting, you’ll soon be creating delicious seasonal goodies such as Graveyard Pudding Cups, Teeny Tiny Turkey Tables, Dreidel Meringue Pops, Santa’s Big Belly Sugar Cookies, and Black Tie Party Penguins.

The Chew: A Year of Celebrations: Festive and Delicious Recipes for Every Occasion

edited by Ashley Archer and Jessica Dorfman Jones

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.

Holiday Cheer: Recipes and Decorating Ideas for Your Best Season Ever

From the editors of Good Housekeeping, Redbook, and Country Living

Get ready for festive entertaining and fun with more than 100 fabulous holiday recipes. These delectable suppers and treats, dazzling decorations, and delightful gifts to craft will bring a homemade yuletide touch to your home and family.

Vegan Holiday Cooking From Candle Café: Celebratory Menus and Recipes From New York’s Premier Plant-Based Restaurants by Joy Pierson, Angel Ramos, and Jorge Pineda

This collection of vegan holiday recipes elevates plant-based fare to a new level. With fresh, inventive menus for Thanksgiving, Christmas, New Year’s Eve, Lunar New Year, Super Bowl Sunday, Valentine’s Day, Passover, Easter, Cinco de Mayo, and Independence Day, this cookbook blends favorite traditions with modern sensibility. This festive cookbook invites vegans and omnivores alike to gather around the holiday table and enjoy.

Family Celebrations With the Cake Boss: Recipes for Get-Togethers Throughout the Year

by Buddy Valastro

Make every gathering with your friends and famiglia extra special with these cookies, cupcakes, cakes, and other delicious desserts and recipes featuring the Cake Boss’s signature twist on favorite family foods! Clear, step-by-step instructions, decorating tips, and beautiful photography guide you through recipes that are perfect for all generations and every occasion. It’s almost as if Buddy were by your side teaching you.

The Holiday Kosher Baker: Traditional & Contemporary Holiday Desserts by Paula Shoyer

This book is nothing short of a revolution for kosher bakers. It offers a thoroughly modern approach to Jewish holiday baking that includes traditional and contemporary recipes, more than 45 of which have been skillfully adapted for Passover.

The Neely’s Celebration Cookbook: Down Home Meals for Every Occasion by Pat and Gina Neely with Ann Volkwein

Pat and Gina Neely are all about letting the good times roll—it takes family, friends, and ample good food. In their new book, they share their recipes and secrets for entertaining year-round, dishing up new spins on seasonal classics and suggesting occasions to celebrate that most of us have never thought of. With this mouth-watering collection of recipes, you’ll have everything you need to Neely-tize your table far beyond the holiday season.

Daisy’s Holiday Cooking: Delicious Latin Recipes for Effortless Entertaining by Daisy Martinez

Celebrating with friends and family is one of life’s greatest joys, but entertaining can be downright terrifying. Daisy Martinez’s new recipe collection gives you everything you need to make your life easy and your celebrations unforgettable. Brilliant color, bold flavors, and an innovative mix of traditional and modern cuisines are the hallmarks of Daisy’s cooking. Can’t-fail dishes that she learned to cook alongside her mother and grandmother in Puerto Rico mingle with recipes she’s used to entertain her family and friends.

Fabulous Party Cakes and Cupcakes: Matching Cakes and Cupcakes for Every Occasion

by Carol Deacon

This is a perfect beginner’s introduction to the often intimidating world of cake decorating, sugarcraft, and fondant. Deacon provides simple step-by-step instructions that anyone can use regardless of experience level. She has a cake or cupcake for any occasion. Birthdays, baby showers, anniversary celebrations, or any opportunity for a party will be transformed by a fabulously decorated cake or cupcake. Deacon includes her secrets and tips for baking delicious, moist cakes and cupcakes and then details the process for combining frosting with imagination to create a feast for the eyes and the taste buds.

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