A Festive Christmas: Holiday Recipes and Tablesetting Ideas

“Our seal guarantees that each and every recipe has been tested by our experts in the Better Homes and Gardense Test Kitchen.

If you love the holidays, you’ll treasure A Festive Christmas.

This Better Homes and Gardense book brims with recipes for brunches, buffets, cookie/candy exchanges, and gala holiday dinners. We've included 183 of our most beloved holiday recipes such as:

• Caramel-Apple Pandowdy: Prepare this legendary brunch dish in four easy steps.
• Quick Champagne Punch: Toast your guests with a sparkling beverage.
• Buttermilk Chocolate Cake: This is the scrumptious cake on our cover. (Learn how to make the chocolate curls on top-easy.)
• Filet of Beef: Hot or cold, filet makes an elegant dish for a sit-down dinner or buffet.

A Festive Christmas presents 50 do-it-yourself ideas for setting a sensational table:

• Set your table aglow by arranging candles on a cake stand.
• Transform grapevines and Christmas tree lights into a stunning punch-bowl wreath.
• Dazzle guests with a centerpiece of gilded fruit.

Turn your kitchen into Santa's workshop. The experts at Better Homes and Gardens provide recipes, wrapping ideas, and inspiration:

• Pack a collector's tin with Caramel Corn and Candy Crunch.
• Blueberry Sauce looks beautiful in a bottle.
• Know someone who loves spicy snacks? Give them Cajun Bagel Chips.

There's more!

• Use our patterns and complete directions to make a cookie carousel and a gingerbread farmyard scene.
• Learn the tricks of food stylists: Turn tomatoes into roses, herbs into bouquets, and orange peels into floating stars. We show you how to pipe cheese spreads and how to make fancy bread cut-outs.
• Tips throughout the book offer make-ahead advice, ideas for enhancing the eye-appeal of your foods, and recipe adaptations for a crowd.”