Bon Appetit Christmas: Entertaining, Holiday Baking, Gifts from the Kitchen

Absolutely a classic! All the recipes are wonderful and easy to prepare. We had a delicious holiday meal all prepared from this cookbook. Highly recommend!

I have had this recipe book for about 5 years, but love it so much that I ordered another one for my son so that he can cook the holiday favorites too. The different types of situations, like Caroler's Buffet, etc with the suggested menus is very helpful. I plan to serve pork crown roast for Christmas day and the presentation is very stunning, with all the side dishes.. I recommend also getting the newer edition of this book also as it has some great ideas on table settings, name tags, gifts, etc

This is a really lovely large format book for holiday baking, entertaining, and gifts from the kitchen. It has little, or perhaps no, redundancy from Bon Appetit magazine, so there is plenty for subscribers and non-subscribers to enjoy. The book has 17 chapters. Four chapters address one entire holiday feast each, with each meal in a different style. Five chapters provide recipes especially suited for other holiday season festivities such as a tree-trimming supper, a dessert buffet, a cocktail party, and an open house. Other chapters are dedicated to specific types of food, rather than entire meals. These include chapters on: breads, cookies and cranberry sauces as well as Christmas puddings, a buche de noel, an elaborate chocolate cake, and a croquembouche, whose chapters include step-by-step illustrated instructions on how to construct these holiday masterpieces. The "Gifts from the Kitchen" chapter offers an array of 22 recipes for cookies, candies, sauces, jams, breads and more that are easy to make and sure to impress. Every recipe isn't accompanied by a photograph, but there are many large color photos throughout the book. The paper is also of very nice quality. "Bon Appetit Christmas" is a worthy addition to the library of any cook and makes a lovely gift for those who like to bake or entertain.

This has beautiful pictures and all the meals look lovely. The recipe for Honey-brined turkey with cream gravy was out of this world. There are creamy scrambled eggs with herbs, cheddar cheese biscuits with dill and chives, wild rice dressing with pearl onions, and so much more! There is even a section dedicated explaining the differences between dressing and stuffing. Excellent!

If you love the holiday season from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day, then you will love this cookbook. It is bursting with the best-of-the-season recipes and you can choose between casual or elegant fare. If you want to plan a Christmas Cocktail Party or host a Tree-Trimming Buffet for 16...they have it all organized. There are 170 recipes, 10 holiday parties and 100 color photographs which look just as good as the cover! Now that cover alone should sell this cookbook. A piece of cake dripping in ganache, I mean really! How can we all resist. I think you will enjoy taking this cookbook out in early November and keeping it open until January. There are so many scrumptious ideas and recipes. I mean, who ever thought of stained glass cookie ornaments or a honey-brined turkey. Their New Year's Eve menu includes Phyllo-wrapped Salmon with Leeks and Red Bell Peppers with Parsley Rice Pilaf. If you are still thinking about New Year's Day Brunch, a Yuletide Dessert Party or just making a Buche de Noel for the first time, this is a good book to find lots of advice. You can learn how to decorate a mantle, created a seasonal centerpiece, pack and mail cookies or even make homemade candies. This is not only a feast for the eyes, but a real "feast" cookbook. Everything is so elegantly presented. You will be very impressed. ~The Rebecca Review

This is the indispensable Christmas guide. I used it before the Christmas holiday last year and never had so many compliments on everything from the table and gift ideas to the chocolate ruffle cake on the cover, Give it to a friend as a gift and buy one for yourself. You won't regret it