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Packed with over 125 festive recipes, inspirational styling ideas, helpful information on planning and decorating, and stunning lifestyle photography, Williams-Sonoma Holiday Entertaining offers a fresh approach to celebrating the season. With a family-friendly focus, this 288-page guide inspires you to entertain during the holidays, with advice on how to plan, what to serve, and ways to make your celebration--and table--memorable. The book begins with a comprehensive and visually rich section on planning and decorating for the holidays. Sixteen suggested menus offer a full range of occasions for winter entertaining, from a holiday brunch or cocktail party to a fireside fondue party. Next, there are three occasion-driven chapters dedicated to Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year`s. Each chapter illustrates a celebration and includes a detailed planning spread, a how-to idea for a centerpiece, plus additional inspirations for seasonal style, such as ways to make holiday place settings special and how to decorate with candles. The recipes are organized into eight chapters: drinks, hors d`oeuvres, soups & salads, mains, sides, desserts, breakfasts, and gifts from the kitchen. Recipes include contemporary twists on favorite classics, such as Roast Turkey with Sage Stuffing, Gingered Cranberries, and Pumpkin Pie with Walnut Crust. There are also seasonally themed specialties, like a Mojito Peppermint Fizz, Fresh Cracked Crab with Chili Dipping Sauce, and Blood Orange Granita. Features Everything you need to plan memorable holiday gatherings in a single, inspiring volume More than 125 kitchen-tested recipes give holiday classics a modern twist Full-color photographs and easy-to-follow preparation and cooking instructions Includes creative gourmet holiday gifts from the kitchen Sidebars throughout offer tips and ideas for successful party planning

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Mexico's rich and diverse culinary traditions include countless complex and vibrant dishes. In these pages, you will find recipes that capture the best of the cuisine, from mole poblano, a long-simmered blend of chiles, seeds, and spices, to bright-flavored ceviche dressed with fresh citrus juice. A chapter on desserts also tempts, whether you crave chocolate cake with chile-infused whipped cream or coffee and KahlÚa flan. Williams-Sonoma Collection Mexican offers more than 40 recipes, including well-loved classics and many other timeless dishes. For a casual dinner, fill warm corn tortillas with tender morsels of carnitas or chunks of fresh fish lightly fried to a crisp golden brown. Or, plan a summer supper of watercress salad tossed with orange, jicama, and avocado; creamy corn and poblano chile soup; and delicate sea bass topped with salsa verde. Versatile and delicious, Mexican food is always irresistible. Full-color photographs of each dish help you decide which one to prepare, and each recipe is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a key ingredient or technique, making Mexican more than just a superb collection of recipes. Including all the basics and an extensive glossary, this essential volume will help you create and enjoy many delicious Mexican meals.

Offers easy-to-follow instructions for making a complete Thanksgiving dinner, including recipes for salads, soups, the main course, dressings, stuffings, breads, vegetables, relishes, potatoes, and desserts.

“More than 80 recipes covering everything from drinks to desserts . . . [and] a special section helping you prepare delicious meals with your leftovers.”—Chicago Tribune, “Thanksgiving Cookbooks with Foolproof Recipes” Create the most memorable and inspired feast with this solution-oriented book. In these pages, you’ll find over 80 recipes—from cocktails and appetizers, to main dishes, sides, stuffings, gravies, and desserts—including traditional and contemporary favorites. Discover tips for organizing the meal, working with turkey, choosing wine pairings, creating menus, and more in this complete guide to Thanksgiving. Blend inspired new dishes with your most dearly held traditions using such recipes as Cream of Chestnut Soup, Maple-Bourbon Smash, Curry-Spiced Turkey, Oyster & Mushroom Stuffing, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Boozy Ice Cream, From-Scratch Green Bean Casserole, Baked Ham with Honey-Port Glaze, Vegetable Potpie, Candied Sweet Potatoes, Turkey Banh Mi, Cauliflower Steaks with Brown Butter, and more.

A medley of spring mushrooms roasted with garlic and pine nuts. Grilled summer corn on the cob with chile-lime butter. Sautéed shallots in a velvety red wine sauce. What compares to the flavor of seasonal vegetables picked and cooked at their peak of ripeness? Williams-Sonoma Collection Vegetable offers more than 40 recipes, organized by season to assist you in selecting the perfect vegetable dishes to serve year-round. Whether you are in search of a delicious way to make fava beans in the springtime or need a savory preparation for carrots when cold weather arrives, in these pages you'll find a recipe that brings out the best in vegetables for any occasion. A chapter of hearty main dishes will inspire you to make vegetables the star of your dinner table, while a selection of classics -- including a delightfully rich potato gratin -- completes the collection. Full-color photographs of each recipe make it easy to choose which to prepare, and each dish is accompanied by a photographic side note that highlights a cooking technique or ingredient, making Vegetable more than a simple collection of recipes. A comprehensive basics section and glossary fill in all you need to know to create an enticing combination of flavors, textures, and colors the next time you prepare vegetables. Fresh, crisp, and bursting with color and flavor, vegetables embody the changing of the seasons more than any other food. From tender spring peas to rich, creamy-textured winter squash, we look forward to their arrival in the market year after year. Williams-Sonoma Collection Vegetable offers more than 40 delicious recipes, including both the classics and fresh new ideas. In these pages, you'll find versatile vegetable dishes for every season and every occasion -- from a late summer lunch to a midwinter dinner party. This vibrantly photographed, full-color recipe collection promises to become an essential addition to your kitchen bookshelf.