2021 Christmas With Southern Living

Contains recipes, menus, and decorating ideas centered around Christmas.

From the experts at Southern Living comes the definitive book on Christmas cooking, decorating, and gift giving. For over 30 years, Christmas with Southern Living has delighted readers with stunning seasonal decorations, delicious holiday recipes, and charming gift ideas. Whether you're looking for a show-stopping dessert for your Christmas dinner feast, an easy family-favorite homemade pizza for a busy weeknight, or a comforting side dish to add the perfect touch, you're sure to find the ideal recipe for any occasion throughout the year. Beautiful full-color photos invite you to draw inspiration for clever ways to make a welcoming entrance into your home, to spruce up your mailbox and doorway for Christmas curb appeal, and to spread holiday cheer with a breathtaking tablescape.

This new essential guide to entertaining is divided by occasion, offering a fresh lineup of menus and ideas from Oxford, Mississippi's go-to caterer for every celebratory scenario life serves up. In this update to the best-selling book of our mothers' and grandmothers' era, Elizabeth's tell-it-like-it-is voice provides a twist to the classic Southern advice that is a refresher for entertainers of any age or experience. Packed with delicious recipes from the original book like Smoked Salmon Canapes, Hot Cheese Squares, and Brandy Alexanders, the book also includes popular picks from the current pages of Southern Living as well as Elizabeth's treasured recipe box. The Southern Living Party Cookbook is an entertaining handbook loaded with lifestyle tips and hilarious Heiskell stories, along with lush photography to help you get the look from table setting to plated dish.

This go-to source for the most scrumptious holiday menus and recipes, easy ideas for seasonal get-togethers, and beautifully festive decorations offer over 100 brand-new recipes, including 6 complete menus that make holiday planning a snap! Whether you're looking for Superfast Appetizers or Christmas Comfort Food, Bite-Sized Gifts or Breakfast and Brunch Favorites, you're sure to find the perfect recipe for every occasion throughout the holiday season. Decorating ideas for mantels, trees, and tabletops spring from the pages, offering inspiration for every room in the house. From trimming the tree to setting a lovely holiday table, large, colorful photos make it see-and-do easy. You'll also find: Full-color photos for nearly every recipe Recipe banners to help quickly identify types of recipes, from make-ahead to editor's favorite A bonus Holiday Planner filled with calendars, charts, and tips to make holiday planning a breeze A complete cross-referenced recipe index, a decorating index, and a where-to-find-it resource listing for many of the items shown in the book

From the editors at Southern Living, warm and welcoming holiday recipes and creative ideas for decorating, entertaining, and handmade gifts Discover fun and creative new ways to decorate, entertain, and handcraft gifts for the holidays. Sparkling menus and easy décor ideas, along with more than 100 brand-new recipes from the professionals of the South's most trusted kitchen, make entertaining a breeze for celebrations of all sizes. Inside, the editors of Southern Living reveal their favorite cooking tips and make-ahead secrets that take the pressure off hosting and put the focus on family and friends. There is also a special gifts-from-the-kitchen section with recipes for treats to wrap and share. More than 200 photographs show off dazzling holiday decorations and table settings to try, plus inspired designs for holiday wreaths, trees, centerpieces, and mantel arrangements. Christmas with Southern Living is the go-to resource for everything you need to make your holiday bright.

Presents more than four hundred recipes for the holiday season, from Thanksgiving to New Year's Day, including main and side dishes, breakfasts, breads and pastries, desserts, and beverages, and provides twenty menus.

"From the experts on all things Christmas -- Find good tidings and cheer on page after page with menus for entertaining that span the season with recipes from the South's most-trusted kitchen. Enjoy more than 100 recipes, variations, and helpful tips for making meals magical from Thanksgiving until the end of the year. Get inspired by fresh new takes for decking the halls and dressing your home's exterior using greenery, flowers, and festive decorative accents in eye-catching ways. Spread the holiday spirit with from-scratch gifts from the kitchen to make together and share with friends, family, neighbors, and colleagues. Banish stress and stay organized with a Holiday Planner packed with helpful calendars, lists, hints, and tips for planning a memorable holiday." -- publisher.

Holiday decorations, foods, gifts and entertainment ideas.