Gathering friends and family around the festive table? At this time of year the planning and preparing for get-togethers is utmost in many people's minds. The books in this collection are written by authors with decades of experience. Follow their advice (and their recipes) for glitch-proof gatherings large and small.
Serving a satisfying and memorable Thanksgiving meal starts with getting organized, and Lou Seibert Pappas is here to help with a comprehensive manual. With tips on serving styles, wine pairing suggestions, and a wealth of savory recipes that will please the whole family, Pappas's Thanksgiving will guide you through the holiday, including easy step-by-step instructions for turkey cooking, from brining to carving.
Making and serving vegan meals for celebrations – Christmas, Easter, Thanksgiving, birthday parties – can come with its own set of challenges. The 80 recipes in this book, including plant-based Ice Cream Yule Log, Not Sausage Rolls, and The Ultimate Chocolate Cake, are special yet achievable, and hit all the right celebratory notes.
“It is at the table that we experience belonging most powerfully,” writes Dudley, a chef and food writer who ran The Kitchen in Cape Town for 11 years. Dudley knows about hospitality, and her eight dinner party rules are worth following – as are her generous-spirited, eclectic recipes for canapés, main courses and accompaniments, and desserts. Dinner party success guaranteed.
Le Cordon Bleu Master Chefs have created this wonderful collection of miniature finger foods, both mouth-watering and visually stunning but surprisingly easy to make. For a grand affair or just a casual gathering, tiny spinach and feta parcels, quick crostini and smoked salmon pancake rolls represent a new standard for elegant, stylish but unfussy party fare.
There are many who maintain that leftovers really are the best part of the Thanksgiving feast (which is just as well, because leftovers are pretty much inevitable...). The good news is that there are countless ways to give a new lease of life to the turkey, potatoes, and cranberry sauce, from sandwiches to soup, crispy croquettes, and so much more.
Curated collections from ckbk's editors
The American holiday of Thanksgiving falls on the fourth Thursday of November – this year November 24. Its origins lie in various days for thanksgiving across US history, and since the 1800s has become established as a date that brings families across the US together. Cooking for a crowd brings its challenges, even before you factor in everyone’s expectation of the special meal. Fear not, we’ve got everything you need to keep everyone happy.
Food historian Annie Gray is a familiar to many through her regular appearances on BBC Radio 4’s The Kitchen Cabinet. Annie has a passion for cookbooks, the older and more eclectic the better, and we are proud to have several of her own cookbooks on ckbk, including The Official Downton Abbey Cookbook and How to Cook the Victorian Way with Mrs Crocombe. Annie’s most recent cookbook, At Christmas We Feast which was added to ckbk this week, looks at the culinary traditions and mythologies which mark the festive season.
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This cooking demo + Q&A with Chef Yannick Anton from Le Cordon Bleu will teach you to make fantastic canapés perfect for festive parties, and features two recipes from the Le Cordon Bleu Home Collection series.
Cooking with heart and soul in the American south
“It’s one of the truest forms of American cuisine, because American cuisine to me sometimes can be a mishmash. Southern food, soul food, gullah cuisine, whatever you want to call it. It’s not going anywhere.”Kevin Mitchell – Taste of the State
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